Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2011, 10:51 AM EDT for Orange County, Rockland County, New York; Bergen County, Essex County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 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 23, 2011, 10:51 AM EDT (14:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY, Rockland County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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 23, 11:22 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mahwah, NJ | RT 202 AT FRANKLIN TURNPIKE IS CLOSED DUE TO 3 FT OF WATER ON ROADWAY. |
| Jun 23, 11:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ringwood, NJ | SKYLANDS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO SEVERAL INCHES OF MOVING WATER ON ROAD |
| Jun 23, 11:35 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Nyack, NY | RT 59 NEAR PALISADES MALL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Jun 23, 1:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | New City, NY | PALISADES PARKWAY EXIT RAMP 9W IN NEW CITY COMPLETELY CLOSED DUE TO AN ESTIMATED 1 FOOT OF FLOWING WATER. |
| Jun 23, 1:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Milford, NJ | RUNNING RAIN WATER BROKE AND MOVED A CINDERBLOCK WALL ON ROCKBURN PASS ROAD |
| Jun 23, 1:47 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saddle River, NJ | BOAT RESCUES OCCURRING AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST SADDLE RIVER ROAD AND ALLENDALE ROAD |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
870
WGUS51 KOKX 231451
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-031-NYC071-087-231745-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0005.110623T1451Z-110623T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1051 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
* AT 1048 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED
AREA...WITH MORE STORMS ON THEIR WAY FROM THE WEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 7438 4121 7442 4123 7441 4130 7397
4124 7397 4121 7394 4108 7390 4086 7394
4084 7432 4090 7434 4090 7428 4092 7429
4097 7428 4099 7432 4101 7443 4104 7444
4102 7448 4103 7450 4108 7451
$$
PM/KCS2 follow-up statements
630
WGUS51 KOKX 231703
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-031-NYC071-087-232045-
/O.EXT.KOKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110623T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
103 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
* AT 1257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
NEW JERSEY...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING EAST TOWARDS
THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 7438 4121 7442 4123 7441 4130 7397
4124 7397 4121 7394 4108 7390 4086 7394
4084 7432 4090 7434 4090 7428 4092 7429
4097 7428 4099 7432 4101 7443 4104 7444
4102 7448 4103 7450 4108 7451
$$
MALOIT187
WGUS71 KOKX 232042
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
442 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
NJC003-013-031-NYC071-087-232050-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110623T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-ORANGE NY-ROCKLAND NY-PASSAIC NJ-
442 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT FOR PASSAIC...
ROCKLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE...NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX AND BERGEN
COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST...BUT RESIDUAL FLOODING IS STILL EXPECTED.
THEREFORE...THIS WARNING WILL BE REPLACED SHORTLY WITH AN AREAL
FLOOD WARNING FOR BERGEN...PASSAIC AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES. A RIVER
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SADDLE RIVER AT LODI WILL ALSO LIKELY BE
ISSUED SHORTLY.
LAT...LON 4119 7438 4121 7442 4123 7441 4130 7397
4124 7397 4121 7394 4108 7390 4086 7394
4084 7432 4090 7434 4090 7428 4092 7429
4097 7428 4099 7432 4101 7443 4104 7444
4102 7448 4103 7450 4108 7451
$$
GOODMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:59 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 9 hr | |
| Jun 23, 8:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 9:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 12:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Westchester | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 12:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Westchester | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 2:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 117 min |
| Jun 23, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 118 min |
| Jun 23, 4:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 18 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Passaic | 117 min |
| Jun 23, 12:46 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 10 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen | 11 hr |
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.