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Flood Watch 2, NWS New York, NY

June 19, 20099 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flood watch at Jun 19, 2009, 3:34 PM EDT for 9 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Jun 20, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2009, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 21, 2009, 4:09 AM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 19, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 10:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 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
Jun 18, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange, Rockland	81 min
Jun 19, 4:59 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	OKX		17 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2009 Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2009 Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2009 Every flood watch in 2009

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.