Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT for 8 counties in New York; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 89 min. 1 report 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
- May 11, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:07 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rutherford, NJ | HACKENSACK STREET WAS CLOSED NEAR ROUTE 17 OFF RAMPS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL MOTORISTS WERE STRANDED. |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810
WGUS51 KOKX 112001
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-017-031-NYC005-047-059-061-081-085-087-119-112130-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0002.130511T2001Z-130511T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
401 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
* AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING THROUGH
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY. RAINFALL RATES
OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4068 7414 4069 7419 4083 7416 4101 7427
4114 7423 4132 7399 4136 7356 4121 7349
4110 7372 4098 7365 4085 7376 4085 7366
4092 7352 4077 7346 4061 7405 4062 7405
4070 7403 4061 7406 4057 7421
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
659
WGUS71 KOKX 112053
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
453 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013
NJC003-013-017-031-NYC005-047-059-061-081-085-087-119-112059-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130511T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROCKLAND NY-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-HUDSON NJ-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)
NY-ESSEX NJ-BERGEN NJ-WESTCHESTER NY-BRONX NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)
NY-PASSAIC NJ-NASSAU NY-QUEENS NY-
453 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR QUEENS...NORTHERN
NASSAU...PASSAIC...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...BRONX...WESTCHESTER...
BERGEN...SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...HUDSON...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...
THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN
HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. ANY HIGH WATER WILL LOWER THROUGH THE
EVENING.
LAT...LON 4068 7414 4069 7419 4083 7416 4101 7427
4114 7423 4132 7399 4136 7356 4121 7349
4110 7372 4098 7365 4085 7376 4085 7366
4092 7352 4077 7346 4061 7405 4062 7405
4070 7403 4061 7406 4057 7421
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Rockland, Westchester | 59 min |
| May 11, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 52 min |
| May 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 50 min |
| May 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 50 min | |
| May 11, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 42 min | |
| May 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Suffolk | 62 min |
| May 11, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 57 min | |
| May 11, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 44 min |
| May 11, 3:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 54 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.