Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Aug 19, 2011, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Passaic County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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036 
WGUS51 KOKX 192105
FFWOKX
NJC031-192200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0027.110819T2105Z-110819T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
505 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

* AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
  MILES NORTH OF RINGWOOD TO WEST MILFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM WARWICK TO WEST MILFORD...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.     
  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 3       
  INCHES PER HOUR WITH FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED IN AREAS WHERE        
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 4110 7448 4119 7438 4116 7430 4112 7421
      4105 7426 4104 7433 4104 7437 4106 7445
      4108 7450

$$

JM

280 
WGUS71 KOKX 192135
FFSOKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
535 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

NJC031-192200-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110819T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PASSAIC NJ-
535 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
PASSAIC COUNTY...

AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RINGWOOD TO WEST MILFORD...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES 
EXCEEDING 3 INCHES PER HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 4110 7448 4119 7438 4116 7430 4112 7421
      4105 7426 4104 7433 4104 7437 4106 7445
      4108 7450

$$

JM

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