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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS New York, NY

August 11, 201411 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood watch at Aug 11, 2014, 4:04 PM EDT for 11 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Aug 13, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2014, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2014, 12:04 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 4:47 AM EDT, 11 hours 17 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 4:16 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	OKX	Bronx, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and 1 more	22 hr
Aug 11, 4:16 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	OKX	Kings, Nassau, Queens	20 hr
Aug 11, 4:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		60 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.