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Coastal Flood Statement 13, NWS New York, NY

July 3, 20124 counties in New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 3, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 3, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 3, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 4, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Bronx County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-280 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

622 
WHUS41 KOKX 031932
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
332 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...AREAS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

NYZ075-178-179-040200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0012.120704T0000Z-120704T0200Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
332 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTH SHORE OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...ONE HALF TO AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.

* TIMING...800 PM TO 1000 PM THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED.

$$

CTZ009-010-NYZ071-073-176-177-040315-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0013.120704T0300Z-120704T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-
332 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.

* TIMING...1100 PM THIS EVENING TO 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED.

$$
2 follow-up statements
918 
WHUS41 KOKX 040248
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1048 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...AREAS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

CTZ009-010-NYZ071-073-176-177-040500-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0013.120704T0300Z-120704T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-
1048 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.

* TIMING...1100 PM THIS EVENING TO 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED.

$$
166 
WHUS41 KOKX 040504
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
104 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

CTZ009-010-NYZ071-073-176-177-040615-
/O.EXP.KOKX.CF.S.0013.000000T0000Z-120704T0500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-
104 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED AND WATER LEVELS HAVE FALLEN BELOW MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING BENCHMARKS WITH NO ADDITIONAL MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING EXPECTED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXKings, Nassau, Queens6 hr
Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond28 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New York, 2012Coastal Flood Statements in Connecticut, 2012Every coastal flood statement in 2012

Sources

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.