Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Aug 15, 2012, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)

Expired

Aug 15, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

116 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY

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

477 
WGUS51 KOKX 151934
FFWOKX
NYC047-081-152130-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0024.120815T1934Z-120815T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
334 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

* AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
AN AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE 
WARNING AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM 
EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 
IN ONE HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 
CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 4057 7394 4056 7401 4058 7402 4059 7401
      4061 7405 4070 7401 4071 7397 4076 7395
      4081 7381 4080 7377 4074 7370 4072 7373
      4065 7373 4062 7377 4060 7374 4054 7394

$$

306 
WGUS71 KOKX 152124
FFSOKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
524 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NYC047-081-152132-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120815T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-QUEENS NY-
524 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT 
FOR QUEENS AND KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTIES...

THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 
ONE HOUR HAVE MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE WARNING AREA...THEREFORE THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE 
CAUTION WHEN DRIVING SINCE ROAD CLOSURES AND FLOODING MAY STILL 
EXIST ACROSS THESE AREAS. 

LAT...LON 4057 7394 4056 7401 4058 7402 4059 7401
      4061 7405 4070 7401 4071 7397 4076 7395
      4081 7381 4080 7377 4074 7370 4072 7373
      4065 7373 4062 7377 4060 7374 4054 7394

$$

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.