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Hydrologic Statement 2, NWS New York, NY

February 25, 2011Essex County, Union County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this hydrologic statement at Feb 25, 2011, 1:14 PM EST for Essex County, Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2011, 1:14 PM EST (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2011, 5:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Essex County, NJ, Union County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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 river

Written for the forecast point Rahway River at Springfield (SPGN4).

Action stage
6.5 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
8.5 ft
Major stage
10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01394500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

697 
WGUS81 KOKX 251814
FLSOKX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
114 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY CONTINUES THE RIVER FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE HOHOKUS BROOK AT HO-HO-KUS...RAHWAY RIVER AT 
SPRINGFIELD...

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 1.5 INCHES THIS MORNING HAVE 
CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES IN THE HOHOKUS BROOK AND RAHWAY RIVER AT
SPRINGFIELD. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWER ACTIVITY
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CAUSE BOTH
RIVERS TO REACH FLOOD STAGE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. HOHOKUS BROOK SHOULD
PEAK OUT JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...3.1 FEET...WHILE THE RAHWAY RIVER
AT SPRINGFIELD WILL LIKELY JUST TOUCH THE FLOOD STAGE OF 5.5 FEET.
AT THIS LEVEL ONLY MINOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. WATER LEVELS
SHOULD DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER 
RADIO.

&&

NJC003-252200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.HY.S.0001.110225T1814Z-110225T2200Z/
/HOHN4.1.RS.110225T1930Z.110225T2000Z.110225T2200Z.NO/
114 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* AT 12PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.5 FEET
* FLOOD STAGE IS 3.0 FEET

$$

NJC013-039-252200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.HY.S.0002.110225T1814Z-110225T2200Z/
/SPGN4.1.RS.110225T1930Z.110225T1930Z.110225T2200Z.NO/
114 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* AT 12PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.4 FEET
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 4:04 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union18 hr
Feb 25, 11:20 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union4 hr
Feb 25, 12:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXEssex, Hudson, Union41 min
Feb 25, 1:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementOKXHudson50 min
Feb 25, 1:14 PM ESTHydrologic StatementOKXBergen4 hr
Feb 25, 1:38 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen, Essex, Passaic, Union4 hr

Nearby

Hydrologic Statements in New Jersey, 2011Every hydrologic statement in 2011

Sources

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