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Flood Watch 8, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flood watch at Aug 26, 2011, 3:49 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut; 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 27, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2011, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2011, 1:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594 WGUS61 KOKX 260749 FFAOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 349 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POTENTIALLY MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 262200- /O.NEW.KOKX.FA.A.0008.110827T2200Z-110829T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 349 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD... NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX... KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM... RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... SOUTHERN NASSAU...SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THOUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF IRENE WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAIN SETS UP...BUT A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS AREAWIDE. * THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE RIVER BASINS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
6 follow-up statements
494 WGUS61 KOKX 261428 FFAOKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1028 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POTENTIALLY MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 270330- /O.CON.KOKX.FA.A.0008.110827T2200Z-110829T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1028 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF IRENE WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAIN SETS UP...BUT A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS AREA WIDE. * THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE RIVER BASINS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JMC
916 WGUS61 KOKX 261924 FFAOKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 324 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POTENTIALLY MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 270830- /O.CON.KOKX.FA.A.0008.110827T2200Z-110829T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 324 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF IRENE WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAIN SETS UP...BUT A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS AREA WIDE. * THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE RIVER BASINS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JMC
514 WGUS61 KOKX 270759 FFAOKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 359 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POTENTIALLY MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 272200- /O.CON.KOKX.FA.A.0008.110827T2200Z-110829T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 359 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION... HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN NASSAU... SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF IRENE WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAIN SETS UP...BUT A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS AREAWIDE. * THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE RIVER BASINS. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE AN ISSUE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
857 WGUS61 KOKX 271908 FFAOKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 308 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POTENTIALLY MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 280830- /O.CON.KOKX.FA.A.0008.110827T2200Z-110829T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 308 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION... HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN NASSAU... SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF IRENE WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAIN SETS UP...BUT A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS AREAWIDE. * THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE RIVER BASINS. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE AN ISSUE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
150 WGUS61 KOKX 280805 FFAOKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 405 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...HURRICANE IRENE AND ITS TORRENTIAL RAINS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 282115- /O.CON.KOKX.FA.A.0008.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 405 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION... HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN NASSAU... SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE LAST 18 HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS FALLING ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...BANDS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AGAIN WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS NORTH AND WEST. * THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE MODERATE TO MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI STATE RIVER BASINS...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY BASINS. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
449 WGUS61 KOKX 281706 FFAOKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 106 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 281815- /O.CAN.KOKX.FA.A.0008.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 106 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE RAINFALL IS COMING TO AN END. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ALONG MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE ONGOING FLOOD SITUATION. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Aug 26, 3:05 AM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 3:05 AM EDT, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
305 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT OVER WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND CROSS THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA
TODAY...AND THEN RETREAT SLOWLY NORTHWARD LATE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. HURRICANE IRENE WILL THEN APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH...WITH
ITS IMPACTS LIKELY BEING FELT FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT. IRENE WILL THEN MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ON
MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS
FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO POP UP...MOSTLY OVER EASTERN LI AND
SOUTHEASTERN CT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY ACTIVITY. TAPERED DOWN POPS FROM NW TO SE
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
MODERATE S FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE IN COASTAL SECTIONS UNTIL FROPA
LATE TONIGHT. SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO TEMPS...MOSTLY OVER
THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY WHERE CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED COOLING SO
FAR TONIGHT. COOLING OVER THIS AREA SHOULD PICK UP AGAIN OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS AS CLOUD COVER DECREASES. NO CHANGES MADE TO EARLY MORNING
LOWS...WHICH WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 60S WELL INLAND...TO AROUND
70 ACROSS NYC METRO AND LONG ISLAND.
AS A SIDE NOTE...THE UPPER TROUGH SENDING THE COLD FRONT ACROSS
WILL CAUSE ENOUGH OF A WEAKNESS IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE
SOUTH TO ALLOW IRENE TO BEGIN HEADING NORTH ALONG THE
EASTERN SEABOARD.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/...
THE WEAKENING FRONT SHOULD REMAIN JUST S OF THE AREA ON FRI AS
HEIGHTS ALOFT RISE IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH...AND WILL
THEN MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD LATE FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AS HURRICANE
IRENE MOVES NORTHWARD TOWARD THE NC COAST. SHOULD SEE SCT-BKN CU
DEVELOPMENT ON FRI WITH A COUPLE HUNDRED J/KG OF MLCAPE UNDERNEATH
AN H7 SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. THEN...THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT A
PRECURSOR HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT MAY TAKE PLACE ON SAT WELL IN
ADVANCE OF THE HURRICANE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NYC AND LONG
ISLAND...SO HAVE FORECAST INCREASING POP LATE FRI NIGHT INTO
SAT...BECOMING LIKELY ACROSS LONG ISLAND BY SAT AFTERNOON.
A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK EXISTS FOR FRIDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LARGE AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE IRENE TO IMPACT THE AREA FROM
LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...
OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA BY SAT
NIGHT. WX WILL DETERIORATE FURTHER ON SUNDAY AS IRENE APPROACHES.
EXPECT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LATE SAT NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT AS IRENE PULLS AWAY. GIVEN THE
SIZE OF IRENE...DO NOT FOCUS JUST ON THE FORECAST TRACK...AS ITS
LARGE AND DAMAGING WIND FIELD WILL LIKELY ENVELOP MOST OF THE
REGION...EVEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STORM DUE TO ITS RELATIVELY
SLOW FORWARD MOTION. ALL PREPARATIONS FOR HURRICANE IRENE SHOULD
BE COMPLETED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONGER WINDS/RAINS
STARTING TO ARRIVE SAT NIGHT AND DEFINITELY HERE ON SUNDAY WILL
MAKE IT DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE ANY ACTION THEN.
MONDAY MORNING THE SYSTEM IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE AREA AND WILL
HAVE LOW END CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MONDAY MORNING.
THEREAFTER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA AS UPPER FLOW
BECOMES ZONAL THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY
THROUGH THURSDAY. A TROUGH DOES DEVELOP OFF THE COAST WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY...HOWEVER THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF
THE AREA.
FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE AND THE GFS THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD.
PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS FOR IRENE FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND BY MORNING. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE IN PLACE FOR FRIDAY WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED TO
OUR SOUTH.
06Z OBS INDICATE THAT THE FRONT HAS JUST MOVED THROUGH KMGJ WITH
WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NW. DEWPOINTS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE
DROPPING...BUT WINDS ARE VERY LIGHT AND TEMP DEWPOINT SPREADS ARE
MINIMAL...THEREFORE LOCALLY IFR CONDS IN FOG IS POSSIBLE MAINLY AT
KSWF/KHPN. AREAS OF MVFR CIGS HAVE REDEVELOPED AT NYC
TERMINALS...BUT EXPECT THIS TO SCT OUT BEHIND COLD FROPA WHICH IS
TIMED TO MOVE THROUGH BY 08Z. SEE NO REASON WHY THESE CIGS WON'T
ALSO AFFECT EASTERN TERMINALS...SO WILL ALSO INCLUDE TEMPOS THERE
AS WELL. OTHERWISE...VFR THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND FRONT...KLGA MAY EVEN SEE A SOUND
BREEZE TOWARDS MORNING. THEN SEA BREEZES EXPECTED FOR THE
MIDDAY/AFTERNOON HOURS FRIDAY WITH LIGHT FLOW ALOFT.
ISOLD SHOWER/TSTM POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT NEARBY OR MAY EVEN BE
INITIATED BY SEABREEZE FRONT.
SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURNING TODAY WILL CAUSE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO
INCREASE. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRATUS AND FOG DEVELOPMENT
TONIGHT. HAVE INDICATED THIS WITH A SCT CLOUD GROUP FOR NOW.
OUTLOOK FOR 06Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
FRI NIGHT...VFR TO START...THEN IFR OR LOWER POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
CHANCES FOR RAIN BEING TO INCREASE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
NIGHT.
SAT...IFR POSSIBLE EARLY...THEN MVFR WITH RAIN IMPACTS LATER IN
THE DAY IN ADVANCE OF TC IRENE. LOCALLY IFR CONDS IN HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLE.
SUN...SUB-VFR LIKELY WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS DUE TO
TC IRENE.
MON...VFR. GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE EARLY.
TUE...VFR LIKELY.
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS FOR THE
LATEST DETAILS ON IRENE.
&&
.MARINE...
A MODERATE S FLOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY SWELL FROM
HURRICANE IRENE WILL PRODUCE SCA CONDITIONS ON THE OCEAN WATERS.
INITIALLY..THERE MAY ALSO BE GUSTS TO AROUND 25 KT OVER THE OUTER
OCEAN WATERS...BUT WINDS WILL SLACKEN TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE.
SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ON THE OCEAN FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY AS SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IRENE INCREASE.
CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT SAT NIGHT...WITH
TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS IRENE PULLS
AWAY...BASED ON LATEST FORECAST TRACK. SEAS SUBSIDE AS A RESULT.
SEAS WILL REMAIN ROUGH ON THE OCEAN WATERS MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT...AND SUBSIDE BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TUESDAY
MORNING IN A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW THAT DIMINISHES AND BECOMES
EASTERLY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. SMALL CRAFT GUSTS ARE LIKELY
MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FORECAST WATERS. THEREAFTER
WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD BRING 1/2 TO LOCALLY 1 INCH OF
RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING AT WORST.
TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE WILL OVERSPREAD
THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED.
A PRECURSOR HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT COULD TAKE PLACE SAT INTO SAT
NIGHT WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF VERY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE HURRICANE ITSELF. VERY HEAVY STORM TOTAL QPF OF 8 TO 13 INCHES
LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN
EXPECTED ATTM ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE
CENTER OF IRENE...ACROSS THE NYC METRO AREA AND NORTHEAST NJ INTO
WESTERN LONG ISLAND AND SW CT.
PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS...AND BE PREPARED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SIGNIFICANT INLAND
FLOODING AS TROPICAL RAINS OVERSPREAD THE AREA.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF HURRICANE
IRENE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A DANGEROUS...LIFE
THREATENING STORM SURGE MAY EVEN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING...
ESPECIALLY IF THE SURGE COINCIDES WITH HIGH TIDES...WHICH ARE
RUNNING HIGHER THAN USUAL DUE TO THE NEW MOON ON FRIDAY.
AS INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVE FROM HURRICANE IRENE...HIGH
SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS COULD START ON SAT.
PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS AND
ADVISORIES...AND BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT COASTAL IMPACTS
SHOULD HURRICANE IRENE DIRECTLY IMPACT THE REGION.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR ANZ350-353-
355.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 5:58 PM EDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 558 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>074-078-079-176-177-262200- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE LIKELY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE EXACT TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLOODING...STRONG WINDS...AND COASTAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS EARLY AS SATURDAY NIGHT. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK... INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...A DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE COULD OCCUR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL IMPACTS FROM THIS SYSTEM COULD BE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION...WHICH COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT AS LARGE SWELLS FROM IRENE BEGIN TO ARRIVE. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR HURRICANE PLAN...AND TO CONSIDER THE STEPS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. NYZ075-080-081-178-179-262200- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE LIKELY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE EXACT TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLOODING...STRONG WINDS...AND COASTAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS EARLY AS SATURDAY NIGHT. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK... INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...A DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE COULD OCCUR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL IMPACTS FROM THIS SYSTEM COULD BE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION...WHICH COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT AS LARGE SWELLS FROM IRENE BEGIN TO ARRIVE. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR HURRICANE PLAN...AND TO CONSIDER THE STEPS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. CTZ005>008-NJZ002-004-103>105-107-NYZ067>070-262200- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS CLOSE TO SEVERE LIMITS...AND HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE LIKELY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE EXACT TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS EARLY AS SATURDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE REVIEWING YOUR HURRICANE PLAN...AND TO CONSIDER THE STEPS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-262200- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IRENE COULD BUILD INTO THE LOCAL WATERS BY FRIDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH SEAS BUILDING ON THE OCEAN WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. HURRICANE IRENE LIKELY WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LOCAL WATERS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE REVIEWING YOUR HURRICANE PLAN...AND TO CONSIDER THE STEPS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. GOODMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:39 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 12 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:39 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | OKX | Passaic | 12 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Hurricane Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 41 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 53 hr |
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