Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT for Bronx County, Rockland County, Westchester County, New York; Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 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
- May 31, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 31, 3:28 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Norwood, NJ | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT LIVINGSTON STREET |
| May 31, 3:52 PM EDT | FLOOD | Dumont, NJ | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT WASHINGTON AVENUE AND GRANT |
| May 31, 3:52 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dumont, NJ | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT WASHINGTON AVENUE AND GRANT |
| May 31, 4:03 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Paramus, NJ | POLICE REPORTING ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. FOREST AVENUE SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN MCKINLEY AND CONCORN |
| May 31, 4:03 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Paramus, NJ | ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...ROUTE 17 SOUTH - SOUTH OF MIDLAND AVENUE. ALL LANES SOUTHBOUND CLOSED. |
| May 31, 4:14 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Emerson, NJ | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT LINCOLN BLVD AT AREA OF RAILROAD TRACKS WITH CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS |
| May 31, 4:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Passaic, NJ | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS NEAR RAILROAD TRACKS AT BROAD ST. AND VAN HUTON |
| May 31, 4:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Teaneck, NJ | CAR STUCK IN 3 FOOT FLOOD WATERS AT NEWBRIDGE RD. AND OLD NEWBRIDGE RD. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
874
WGUS51 KOKX 311923
FFWOKX
CTC001-NJC003-031-NYC005-087-119-312215-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0002.150531T1923Z-150531T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
323 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
EASTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 320 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE BEING
DETECTED...WITH UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THIS
AREA THROUGH 6 PM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
YONKERS...PATERSON...STAMFORD...NEW ROCHELLE...PASSAIC...WHITE
PLAINS...WAYNE...HACKENSACK...BERGENFIELD...PARAMUS...OSSINING...
RIDGEWOOD...PEEKSKILL...RUTHERFORD...SECAUCUS...RAMSEY...
HAVERSTRAW...TARRYTOWN...RIDGEFIELD AND MOUNT KISCO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7427 4094 7428 4096 7428 4131 7399
4115 7354 4091 7388 4092 7391 4088 7392
4088 7394 4086 7395 4081 7404 4080 7406
$$
NV2 follow-up statements
698
WGUS71 KOKX 312108
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
508 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
CTC001-NJC003-031-NYC005-087-119-312215-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAIRFIELD CT-PASSAIC NJ-BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-ROCKLAND NY-
WESTCHESTER NY-
508 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...EASTERN PASSAIC...BERGEN...BRONX...ROCKLAND AND
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 500 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IS MOVING EAST.
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN DETECTED AND MEASURED ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKLAND COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY. ROUTE
17 HAS BEEN REPORTED CLOSED IN PARAMAUS NEW JERSEY BY A TRAINED
SPOTTER.
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TILL 615 PM DUE TO ONGOING
FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL ISOLATED STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7427 4094 7428 4096 7428 4131 7399
4115 7354 4091 7388 4092 7391 4088 7392
4088 7394 4086 7395 4081 7404 4080 7406
$$
NV363
WGUS71 KOKX 312209
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
609 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
CTC001-NJC003-031-NYC005-087-119-312215-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAIRFIELD CT-PASSAIC NJ-BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-ROCKLAND NY-
WESTCHESTER NY-
609 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...EASTERN
PASSAIC...BERGEN...BRONX...ROCKLAND AND NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
THE HEAVIEST RAIN AXIS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION...AND ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. SEVERAL ROADS
WILL LIKELY STILL BE FLOODED ACROSS NORTHERN BERGEN AND SOUTHEASTERN
ROCKLAND COUNTIES. IN ADDITION A FEW CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE
REPORTED OR DETECTED TO HAVE GONE OVER THEIR BANKS...BUT ARE NOW
RECEDING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4090 7427 4094 7428 4096 7428 4131 7399
4115 7354 4091 7388 4092 7391 4088 7392
4088 7394 4086 7395 4081 7404 4080 7406
$$
NVThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 43 hr |
| May 31, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 44 min |
| May 31, 2:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 42 min |
| May 31, 3:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 34 min |
| May 31, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | New York | 47 min |
| May 31, 3:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 48 hr | |
| May 31, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 22 min |
| May 31, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, New York | 40 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | New York | 43 min |
| May 31, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, New York | 41 min |
| May 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 32 min |
| May 31, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens | 38 min |
| May 31, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 36 min |
| May 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Queens | 41 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 3 hr |
| May 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 46 min |
| May 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 48 min |
| May 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen | 23 min |
| May 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Union | 26 min |
| May 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 6 hr |
| May 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Essex, Union | 39 min |
| May 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 40 min | |
| May 31, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 39 min | |
| May 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 50 min | |
| May 31, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 33 min | |
| May 31, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 38 min | |
| May 31, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 3 hr |
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.