Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 3:55 PM EDT for Orange County, New York; Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2016, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
253
WGUS51 KOKX 081955
FFWOKX
NJC031-NYC071-082245-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0001.160708T1955Z-160708T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
355 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 352 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WEST MILFORD...RINGWOOD...WARWICK...AND GREENWOOD LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4120 7436 4144 7437 4128 7407 4124 7410
4115 7423 4113 7421 4102 7427 4101 7427
4098 7429 4100 7430 4100 7433 4101 7434
4100 7435 4101 7435 4101 7438 4104 7444
4105 7445 4105 7446 4107 7449 4109 7450
$$
JMC1 follow-up statement
181
WGUS71 KOKX 082029
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
429 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
NJC031-NYC071-082038-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160708T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PASSAIC NJ-ORANGE NY-
429 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PASSAIC AND SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO RESIDUAL
FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4120 7436 4144 7437 4128 7407 4124 7410
4115 7423 4113 7421 4102 7427 4101 7427
4098 7429 4100 7430 4100 7433 4101 7434
4100 7435 4101 7435 4101 7438 4104 7444
4105 7445 4105 7446 4107 7449 4109 7450
$$
JMCThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:25 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 12 hr | |
| Jul 8, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Passaic | 61 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.