Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 2:18 PM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 117 min. 2 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
- Sep 28, 2012, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Haven, CT | FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHED TO RESCUE STRANDED MOTORISTS IN FLOOD WATERS ON PAINTER AVENUE AND ALSO CAMBELL AVENUE AT CLARK STREET. |
| Sep 28, 2:42 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Haven, CT | ROUTE 34 CLOSED IN THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
350
WGUS51 KOKX 281818
FFWOKX
CTC007-009-282015-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0032.120928T1818Z-120928T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
218 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
EASTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
* AT 211 PM EDT...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHEAST ACROSS NEW HAVEN COUNTY AND INTO MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN
CONNECTICUT. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS
ROADWAYS FROM WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...WITH
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES 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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 4152 7243 4152 7232 4143 7235 4142 7243
4136 7237 4127 7244 4127 7262 4124 7271
4126 7277 4124 7290 4128 7292 4126 7293
4125 7297 4154 7301 4156 7288 4155 7286
4157 7283 4156 7282 4163 7266 4164 7250
$$
FIG1 follow-up statement
224
WGUS71 KOKX 281933
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
333 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
CTC007-009-282015-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120928T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW HAVEN CT-MIDDLESEX CT-
333 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
MIDDLESEX AND EASTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...
AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4152 7243 4152 7232 4143 7235 4142 7243
4136 7237 4127 7244 4127 7262 4124 7271
4126 7277 4124 7290 4128 7292 4126 7293
4125 7297 4154 7301 4156 7288 4155 7286
4157 7283 4156 7282 4163 7266 4164 7250
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 8:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 93 min |
| Sep 28, 12:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 63 min |
| Sep 28, 12:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 53 min | |
| Sep 28, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 23 min | |
| Sep 28, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 47 min | |
| Sep 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 80 min |
| Sep 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 46 min | |
| Sep 28, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 82 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.