Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bloomfield, NJ | TWO LANES BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING NORTHBOUND ON GARDEN STATE PARKWAY AT EXIT 149 |
| Jun 17, 5:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saddle Brook, NJ | ROADWAY IMPASSABLE AT FIFTH STREET AND VICTOR STREET |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
811
WGUS51 KOKX 172058
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-017-031-172300-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0004.110617T2058Z-110617T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
458 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
* AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA THAT IS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS DRIFTING EAST.
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.
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 4090 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7422
4101 7391 4100 7390 4071 7402 4069 7422
4074 7437 4076 7438
$$
JST4 follow-up statements
212
WGUS71 KOKX 172134
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
534 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
NJC003-013-017-031-172300-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110617T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUDSON NJ-BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
534 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
PASSAIC...ESSEX...SOUTHERN BERGEN AND HUDSON COUNTIES...
AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR HAS
OCCURRED IN THE CALDWELL...VERONA...MONTCLAIR AREA OF NORTHERN ESSEX
COUNTY. THE PECKMAN RIVER IN VERONA IS CURRENTLY A FOOT ABOVE ITS
FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7422
4101 7391 4100 7390 4071 7402 4069 7422
4074 7437 4076 7438
$$
JST590
WGUS71 KOKX 172219
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
619 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
NJC003-013-017-031-172300-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110617T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUDSON NJ-BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
619 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
PASSAIC...ESSEX...SOUTHERN BERGEN AND HUDSON COUNTIES...
AT 610 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO MOVE EAST WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAIN NOW HAVING ENDED OVER CALDWELL. RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE
FLOOD AREA ARE NEARING THE 3 INCH MARK AND IT WILL TAKE THE REST OF
THE NIGHT FOR THESE FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE.
THE PECKMAN RIVER AT LITTLE FALLS AND VERONA...AS WELL AS THE THIRD
RIVER AT BLOOMFIELD ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7422
4101 7391 4100 7390 4071 7402 4069 7422
4074 7437 4076 7438
$$
JST166
WGUS51 KOKX 172258
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-017-031-180100-
/O.EXT.KOKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
658 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
* AT 650 PM EDT...THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...BUT RUNOFF
WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO HOURS. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN NEW JERSEY MAY AFFECT THE REGION BETWEEN 8
AND 9 PM.
THE PECKMAN RIVER AT VERONA AND THE THIRD RIVER AT BLOOMFIELD REMAIN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7422
4101 7391 4100 7390 4071 7402 4069 7422
4074 7437 4076 7438
$$
JST425
WGUS71 KOKX 180108
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
908 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
NJC003-013-017-031-180117-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUDSON NJ-BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
908 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PASSAIC...ESSEX...SOUTHERN
BERGEN AND HUDSON COUNTIES...
WATER LEVELS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS WILL
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE.
LAT...LON 4090 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7422
4101 7391 4100 7390 4071 7402 4069 7422
4074 7437 4076 7438
$$
DSWThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 5:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 78 min |
| Jun 17, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 89 min |
| Jun 17, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Passaic | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 86 min |
| Jun 17, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 90 min |
| Jun 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Passaic | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Essex | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Union | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.