Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Aug 1, 2011, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

857 
WGUS51 KOKX 012005
FFWOKX
NYC059-081-012200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0015.110801T2005Z-110801T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
405 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  EXTREME EASTERN QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

* AT 359 PM EDT...TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE 
  NASSAU/QUEENS BOARDER NEAR LAKE SUCCESS. FLOODING IS IMMINENT IN
  THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 7370 4071 7371 4072 7374 4073 7376
      4076 7379 4079 7376 4079 7365 4070 7357

$$

JST

327 
WGUS71 KOKX 012046
FFSOKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
446 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

NYC059-081-012200-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110801T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
QUEENS NY-NASSAU NY-
446 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WEST 
CENTRAL NASSAU AND EXTREME EASTERN QUEENS COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES 
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR AND FLASH FLOODING IS 
OCCURRING. 

THE FLOODING IS AFFECTING THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY FROM EXIT 31 TO 
35...THE NORTH STATE PARKWAY FROM EXIT 24 TO 27. THE HEAVIEST RAIN 
HAS OCCURRED FROM LAKE SUCCESS TO GARDEN CITY. THERE WAS ALSO A 
LARGE AMOUNT OF LARGE HAIL IN THIS AREA THAT IS CLOGGING STORM 
DRAINS.     

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE 
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS 
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 7370 4071 7371 4072 7374 4073 7376
      4076 7379 4079 7376 4079 7365 4070 7357

$$

JST

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.