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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2014, 4:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2014, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 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, Rockland County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448
WGUS51 KOKX 242018
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-017-031-NYC087-242215-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0003.140524T2018Z-140524T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
418 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
WESTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
* AT 410 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER THE
REGION...PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A HALF INCH
TO INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL THAT HAS
ALREADY FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.
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 4091 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7429
4113 7428 4112 7402 4072 7404 4072 7431
$$
JC2 follow-up statements
840
WGUS71 KOKX 242130
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
530 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2014
NJC003-013-017-031-NYC087-242215-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140524T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROCKLAND NY-HUDSON NJ-ESSEX NJ-BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
530 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
PASSAIC...WESTERN BERGEN...ESSEX...HUDSON AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...
AT 524 PM EDT...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
STILL MOVING THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS OVER THE PAST HOUR OR TWO...AND UP TO
ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. FLASH
FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4091 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7429
4113 7428 4112 7402 4072 7404 4072 7431
$$
JC190
WGUS71 KOKX 242207
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
607 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2014
NJC003-013-017-031-NYC087-242218-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140524T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROCKLAND NY-HUDSON NJ-ESSEX NJ-BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
607 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT FOR PASSAIC...
WESTERN BERGEN...ESSEX...HUDSON AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 4091 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4098 7429
4113 7428 4112 7402 4072 7404 4072 7431
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 84 min |
| May 23, 8:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 4 hr |
| May 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Putnam | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.