Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2012, 7:51 PM EDT for Hudson County, Union County, New Jersey; 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 6, 2012, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hudson County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bayonne, NJ | 22ND ST BETWEEN AVE E AND PROSPECT AVE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
706
WGUS51 KOKX 062351
FFWOKX
NJC017-039-NYC047-061-081-085-070045-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0002.120606T2351Z-120607T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
751 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
* AT 747 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BAYONNE...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 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 4056 7394 4057 7394 4056 7401 4058 7402
4059 7401 4061 7405 4054 7411 4063 7424
4069 7418 4068 7413 4070 7411 4074 7412
4076 7409 4063 7379 4056 7387 4054 7394
$$
PW1 follow-up statement
314
WGUS71 KOKX 070015
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
815 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
NJC017-039-NYC061-070025-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120607T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUDSON NJ-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-UNION NJ-
815 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL
UNION...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) AND HUDSON COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 4065 7411 4066 7408 4061 7405 4070 7401
4071 7397 4067 7386 4066 7386 4063 7383
4061 7383 4057 7388 4056 7400 4058 7402
4059 7401 4061 7405 4055 7410 4055 7411
$$
NYC047-085-070045-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120607T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) NY-
815 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) AND KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTIES...
AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4065 7411 4066 7408 4061 7405 4070 7401
4071 7397 4067 7386 4066 7386 4063 7383
4061 7383 4057 7388 4056 7400 4058 7402
4059 7401 4061 7405 4055 7410 4055 7411
$$
PWThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:42 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 23 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Hudson | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 4:42 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 20 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 52 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2012Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2012Every flash flood warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.