Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Aug 10, 2012, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

88 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Suffolk County, NY

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

887 
WGUS51 KOKX 101847
FFWOKX
NYC103-102015-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0019.120810T1847Z-120810T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
247 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

* AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH COULD 
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ON ROADWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4107 7185 4072 7289 4097 7291 4099 7263
      4117 7225 4116 7223 4112 7226 4112 7233
      4105 7226 4104 7220 4107 7216 4102 7212
      4102 7211 4103 7211 4108 7211 4113 7213
      4113 7212 4110 7207 4100 7210 4108 7196

$$
SEARS

084 
WGUS71 KOKX 102007
FFSOKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
407 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012

NYC103-102016-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120810T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUFFOLK NY-
407 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT FOR SUFFOLK
COUNTY...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
REGION. WHILE NO NEW FLOODING IS EXPECTED...STREETS ALREADY FLOODED 
MAY REMAIN FLOODED WITH WATER LEVELS RESIDING SLOWLY. 

LAT...LON 4107 7185 4072 7289 4097 7291 4099 7263
      4117 7225 4116 7223 4112 7226 4112 7233
      4105 7226 4104 7220 4107 7216 4102 7212
      4102 7211 4103 7211 4108 7211 4113 7213
      4113 7212 4110 7207 4100 7210 4108 7196

$$
SEARS

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.