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River Flood Warning 10, NWS New York, NY

December 12, 2008Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2008, 12:18 PM EST for Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2008, 12:18 PM EST (17:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 12, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ramapo River at Mahwah (MAWN4).

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01387500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 12, 7:43 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 7:43 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 6:11 AM EST, 6 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 12, 11:34 AM EST, 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 9:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more	10 hr
Dec 11, 10:05 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Westchester	4 hr
Dec 12, 12:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	6 hr
Dec 12, 1:55 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Westchester	6 hr
Dec 12, 3:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	6 hr
Dec 12, 10:03 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	117 min
Dec 12, 4:44 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	4 hr
Dec 12, 4:58 AM EST	River Flood Warning	OKX	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	19 hr
Dec 11, 11:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Union	8 hr
Dec 12, 5:20 AM EST	River Flood Warning	OKX	Bergen	8 hr
Dec 12, 5:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	OKX	Bergen, Passaic	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.