Alert archive / New Jersey / River Flood Warnings in 2012
River Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2012, 10:45 AM EST for Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2012, 2:05 PM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Ramapo River at Mahwah (MAWN4). The gauge peaked at 8.52 ft at Dec 21, 2012, 11:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 7.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 12 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01387500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964 WGUS41 KOKX 211545 FLWOKX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1045 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH... RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED THE RAMAPO TO REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THE RAIN HAS ENDED RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BLOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS EVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO. && NJC003-031-220345- /O.NEW.KOKX.FL.W.0002.121221T1545Z-121223T0600Z/ /MAWN4.1.ER.121221T1456Z.121222T0000Z.121221T2300Z.NO/ 1045 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON, NY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH * FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * AT 10AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...8.1 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET * AT 9.0 FEET...STATE ROUTE 202 FLOODS DOWNSTREAM. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.3 FEET ON AUG 3 1986. $$
4 follow-up statements
584 WGUS41 KOKX 211550 CCA FLWOKX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1045 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH... RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED THE RAMAPO TO REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THE RAIN HAS ENDED AND RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BLOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO. && NJC003-031-220345- /O.NEW.KOKX.FL.W.0002.121221T1545Z-121223T0600Z/ /MAWN4.1.ER.121221T1456Z.121222T0000Z.121221T2300Z.NO/ 1045 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON, NY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH * FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * AT 10AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...8.1 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET * AT 9.0 FEET...STATE ROUTE 202 FLOODS DOWNSTREAM. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.3 FEET ON AUG 3 1986. $$ JST
781 WGUS81 KOKX 212128 FLSOKX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 428 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY CONTINUES THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH... RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING CAUSED THE RAMAPO TO REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN FALL BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO. && NJC003-031-220928- /O.EXT.KOKX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121222T2000Z/ /MAWN4.1.ER.121221T1456Z.121222T0600Z.121222T2000Z.NO/ 428 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH * UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON * AT 04PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 8.5 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL THEN GRADUALLY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * AT 9.0 FEET...STATE ROUTE 202 FLOODS DOWNSTREAM. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.3 FEET ON AUG 3 1986. $$
529 WGUS81 KOKX 220719 FLSOKX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 219 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY CONTINUES THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH... RUNOFF FROM YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAIN CAUSED THE RAMAPO TO REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD FALL BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO. && NJC003-031-221919- /O.EXT.KOKX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121223T0300Z/ /MAWN4.1.ER.121221T1456Z.121222T0800Z.121222T1500Z.NO/ 219 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH * UNTIL THIS EVENING * AT 2 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET * THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 9.0 FEET...STATE ROUTE 202 FLOODS DOWNSTREAM. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.3 FEET ON AUG 3 1986. $$
454 WGUS81 KOKX 221905 FLSOKX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 205 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH IS CANCELLED... THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND RIVER LEVELS CONTINUES TO RECEDE. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO. NJC003-031-221935- /O.CAN.KOKX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121223T0300Z/ /MAWN4.1.ER.121221T1456Z.121222T1100Z.121222T1645Z.NO/ 205 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH * UNTIL THIS EVENING * AT 01PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET * AT 9.0 FEET, STATE ROUTE 202 FLOODS DOWNSTREAM. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.9 FEET ON APR 3 2005. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 8:59 PM EST | High Wind Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union | 16 hr |
| Dec 20, 8:59 PM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Union | 15 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:33 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 117 min |
| Dec 21, 8:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen | 91 min |
| Dec 21, 8:39 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Passaic | 81 min |
| Dec 21, 9:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 2 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 118 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.