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River Flood Warning 11, NWS New York, NY

August 23, 2010Bergen County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 23, 2010, 2:41 AM EDT for Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2010, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2010, 7:50 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Bergen County, NJ

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Saddle River at Lodi (LODN4). The gauge peaked at 6.20 ft at Aug 23, 2010, 4:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 5.5 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01391500, 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 Aug 23, 1:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 1:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 1:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 10:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1039 PM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BROOKVILLE              40.81N 73.57W
08/22/2010                   NASSAU             NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CARS STUCK IN RISING FLOOD WATERS WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED
            INSIDE ON 147 AVE, 225 ST AND 144 AVE.

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 10:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1048 PM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ROSLYN HEIGHTS          40.78N 73.64W
08/22/2010                   NASSAU             NY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FLOODING ON 1-495 BOTH DIRECTIONS AT EXIT 37. ALL LANES
            CLOSED.

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 10:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 11:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 11:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 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
Aug 22, 8:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	83 min
Aug 22, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Westchester	81 min
Aug 22, 9:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	78 min
Aug 22, 9:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens	2 hr
Aug 22, 10:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	110 min
Aug 22, 10:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Nassau, Suffolk	88 min
Aug 23, 5:22 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		46 hr
Aug 23, 2:01 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	OKX	Kings, New York, Richmond, Suffolk	55 hr
Aug 23, 3:49 PM EDT	Gale Warning	OKX		20 hr
Aug 22, 11:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	2 hr
Aug 22, 8:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union	83 min
Aug 22, 9:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bergen	113 min
Aug 23, 1:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bergen	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.