Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2012, 11:56 AM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, Richmond County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2012, 11:56 AM EDT (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194
WGUS51 KOKX 011556
FFWOKX
NYC047-081-085-011800-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0016.120801T1556Z-120801T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1156 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
* AT 1147 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT 1154 AM...RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY
FALLEN NEAR THE VERRAZANO NARROWS BRIDGE...AND ALSO IN THE FOREST
HILLS AND JAMAICA SECTIONS OF QUEENS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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 4065 7412 4066 7408 4061 7405 4068 7403
4078 7374 4073 7372 4072 7373 4069 7373
4060 7403 4061 7405 4059 7406 4058 7409
$$
GOODMAN2 follow-up statements
293
WGUS71 KOKX 011705
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
105 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
NYC047-081-085-011800-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120801T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) NY-QUEENS NY-
105 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR
QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) AND KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTIES...
AT 100 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORT THAT FLASH FLOODING HAS RESULTED IN
SOME HIGHWAY CLOSURES...AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE
OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RADAR ESTIMATE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE
STILL POSSIBLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY
APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP
VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4065 7412 4066 7408 4061 7405 4068 7403
4078 7374 4073 7372 4072 7373 4069 7373
4060 7403 4061 7405 4059 7406 4058 7409
$$
GOODMAN284
WGUS71 KOKX 011754
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
154 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
NYC047-081-085-011803-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120801T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) NY-QUEENS NY-
154 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT FOR QUEENS...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) AND KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THREATS HAVE ENDED FOR THE
TIME BEING.
LAT...LON 4065 7412 4066 7408 4061 7405 4068 7403
4078 7374 4073 7372 4072 7373 4069 7373
4060 7403 4061 7405 4059 7406 4058 7409
$$
GOODMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Westchester | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 7:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 11:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond | 93 min |
| Aug 1, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Richmond | 119 min |
| Aug 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.