Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT for Bergen County, Essex County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 115 min. 7 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
- Jul 28, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:23 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse Saddle Brook, NJ | MARKET ST IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Jul 28, 4:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Arcola, NJ | RESCUE BOAT SENT FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS AT RTE 17 NORTH AND RTE 4 |
| Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Allwood, NJ | ROUTE 3 WEST BETWEEN BLOOMFIELD AVE AND GS PKWY BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Jul 28, 4:48 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hackensack, NJ | RESCUE BOAT REQUESTED FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS |
| Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Fort Lee, NJ | ALL LANES BLOCKED ON RTE-46 BETWEEN BERGEN BLVD AND MAIN ST |
| Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Rochelle Park, NJ | ACKERMAN AVE AND SADDLE RIVER RD CLOSED FROM FLOODING |
| Jul 28, 4:56 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | ROUTE 17 CLOSED NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND |
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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846
WGUS51 KOKX 281935
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-031-282130-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0013.120728T1935Z-120728T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
335 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
* AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY DOWNPOURS LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FAIRFIELD...OR NEAR LINCOLN PARK...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 7434 4086 7433 4087 7434 4090 7434
4091 7430 4090 7428 4092 7428 4101 7394
4099 7389 4082 7399 4082 7402 4078 7414
4078 7415 4077 7416 4074 7437 4080 7437
$$
PW2 follow-up statements
750
WGUS71 KOKX 282045
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
NJC003-013-031-282130-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120728T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESSEX NJ-BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
PASSAIC...SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN AND NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTIES...
AT 441 PM EDT...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE. HOWEVER THE MAIN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST.
LINGERING FLOODING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 7434 4086 7433 4087 7434 4090 7434
4091 7430 4090 7428 4092 7428 4101 7394
4099 7389 4082 7399 4082 7402 4078 7414
4078 7415 4077 7416 4074 7437 4080 7437
$$
PW265
WGUS71 KOKX 282127
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
527 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
NJC003-013-031-282136-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120728T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESSEX NJ-BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
527 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT FOR PASSAIC...
SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN AND NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTIES...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. AS
SUCH...NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4082 7434 4086 7433 4087 7434 4090 7434
4091 7430 4090 7428 4092 7428 4101 7394
4099 7389 4082 7399 4082 7402 4078 7414
4078 7415 4077 7416 4074 7437 4080 7437
$$
PWThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Passaic | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 1:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 92 min |
| Jul 28, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson | 112 min |
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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.