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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS New York, NY

October 21, 2016Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 60 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
Oct 21, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

611 
WGUS51 KOKX 212245
FFWOKX
CTC011-212345-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0015.161021T2245Z-161021T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
645 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 644 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  CONTINUE WITH MAXIMUM HOURLY RATES APPROACHING 2
  INCHES.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NORWICH...NEW LONDON...GROTON...WATERFORD...LEDYARD...PRESTON...
  LISBON...SPRAGUE...BOZRAH...LEDYARD CENTER...GALES FERRY...
  MONTVILLE AND FRANKLIN.

LAT...LON 4164 7200 4137 7202 4137 7215 4166 7215

$$

GC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 5:15 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region12 hr
Oct 21, 11:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region59 min
Oct 21, 12:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region2 hr
Oct 21, 5:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region59 min
Oct 21, 5:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region63 min
Oct 21, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region63 min
Oct 21, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region61 min

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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.