Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2012, 1:55 PM EDT for Richmond County, New York. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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
- Jun 22, 2012, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 2:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Richmond County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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 22, 2:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bay Terrace, NY | HYLAN BLVD CLOSED AT REID AVE DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jun 22, 2:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Castleton Corners, NY | SLOSSON AVE CLOSED AT TODT HILL RD DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jun 22, 2:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rossville, NY | ARDEN AVE CLOSED AT VESPA AVE 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
797
WGUS51 KOKX 221755
FFWOKX
NYC085-221930-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0004.120622T1755Z-120622T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
155 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
* AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4049 7426 4056 7424 4056 7422 4060 7420
4063 7420 4066 7408 4061 7405 4068 7403
4069 7401 4057 7395 4056 7401 4058 7402
4059 7401 4061 7405 4052 7413 4050 7422
$$1 follow-up statement
830
WGUS71 KOKX 221851
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
251 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NYC085-221857-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120622T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) NY-
251 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND) COUNTY...
WHILE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE
AREA...THERE MAY STILL BE SOME AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4049 7426 4056 7424 4056 7422 4060 7420
4063 7420 4066 7408 4061 7405 4068 7403
4069 7401 4057 7395 4056 7401 4058 7402
4059 7401 4061 7405 4052 7413 4050 7422
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 24 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens, Richmond | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Suffolk and 1 more | 89 min |
| Jun 22, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 23 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 61 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Nassau | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 35 min | |
| Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, New York, Richmond | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 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.