Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2012, 5:28 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 92 min. 10 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
- Jul 15, 2012, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Norwalk, CT | CAR STUCK DUE TO FLASH FLOODING |
| Jul 15, 5:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Winnipauk Village, CT | CARS STUCK IN 4 FT OF WATER ON MERRILL RD |
| Jul 15, 5:47 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw East Norwalk, CT | CAR STUCK WITH WATER UP TO DOORS AT EAST AVE AND RAYMOND TERRACE |
| Jul 15, 5:49 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Norwalk, CT | I-95 SOUTHBOUND CLOSED WITH CARS STUCK |
| Jul 15, 5:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Winnipauk Village, CT | HOUSE BASEMENT FLOODED ON HUNTERS LN |
| Jul 15, 5:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Winnipauk Village, CT | FLASH FLOODING INTO HOME ON GLENNDENNING ST |
| Jul 15, 6:09 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Northfield, CT | 4 FT OF WATER IN GARAGE ON HOYT ST |
| Jul 15, 6:11 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse Glenbrook, CT | FLOODING IN BASEMENT ON LINCOLN ST |
| Jul 15, 6:28 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Belltown, CT | PERSON STUCK IN HOME ON RESEARCH DR DUE TO FLOODING |
| Jul 15, 6:34 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Belltown, CT | WATER IN BASEMENT OF HOME ON LEDGE LN |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
881
WGUS51 KOKX 152128
FFWOKX
CTC001-152300-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0007.120715T2128Z-120715T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
528 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
* AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
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 4127 7310 4119 7312 4114 7311 4116 7320
4111 7326 4112 7330 4110 7334 4107 7335
4105 7340 4105 7344 4102 7351 4100 7365
4111 7372 4119 7353
$$
DSW2 follow-up statements
540
WGUS71 KOKX 152217
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
617 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
CTC001-152300-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120715T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAIRFIELD CT-
617 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
AT 614 PM...WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OFFSHORE INTO WESTERN
LONG ISLAND SOUND...THERE REMAIN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. URBAN FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4127 7310 4119 7312 4114 7311 4116 7320
4111 7326 4112 7330 4110 7334 4107 7335
4105 7340 4105 7344 4102 7351 4100 7365
4111 7372 4119 7353
$$
DSW151
WGUS71 KOKX 152304
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
704 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
CTC001-152314-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120715T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAIRFIELD CT-
704 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4127 7310 4119 7312 4114 7311 4116 7320
4111 7326 4112 7330 4110 7334 4107 7335
4105 7340 4105 7344 4102 7351 4100 7365
4111 7372 4119 7353
$$
DSWThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 3 days |
| Jul 15, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 59 min | |
| Jul 15, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 25 min | |
| Jul 15, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.