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River Flood Warning 5, NWS New York, NY

March 14, 2010Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2010, 4:30 AM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 7:16 AM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2010, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2010, 7:16 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2010, 6:25 PM EDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Flood severity: Moderate

County Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yantic River at Yantic (YTCC3). The gauge peaked at 10.63 ft at Mar 14, 2010, 11:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01127500, 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 Mar 14, 3:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 12:05 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 12:27 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:47 AM EST, 1 hour 43 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
Mar 13, 9:25 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Suffolk, Westchester	14 hr
Mar 13, 11:56 PM EST	Wind Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk and 1 more	4 hr
Mar 14, 12:03 AM EST	Gale Warning	OKX		5 hr
Mar 14, 1:26 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Orange	3 hr
Mar 14, 5:44 AM EDT	Gale Watch	OKX		10 hr
Mar 14, 5:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		36 hr
Mar 14, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Orange	17 hr
Mar 14, 4:05 PM EDT	Gale Warning	OKX		36 hr
Mar 14, 4:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		47 hr
Mar 13, 11:57 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Bergen	4 hr
Mar 14, 12:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Bergen	38 hr
Mar 14, 1:42 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Union	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 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.