Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2016, 9:35 PM EDT for Bergen County, Hudson County, New Jersey; 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jul 31, 2016, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 10:01 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lyndhurst, NJ | ORIENT WAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN NEW JERSEY AVENUE AND PAGE AVENUE. |
| Jul 31, 10:08 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rutherford, NJ | RIVERSIDE AVENUE AT WEST PIERREPONT AVENUE FLOODED. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
161
WGUS51 KOKX 010135
FFWOKX
NJC003-017-NYC005-047-061-081-010430-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0005.160801T0135Z-160801T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
935 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NEW YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 934 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IS LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 THREES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4070 7403 4069 7403 4079 7414 4099 7399
4095 7391 4092 7392 4092 7391 4090 7386
4091 7385 4089 7383 4088 7379 4089 7379
4088 7376 4064 7397
$$1 follow-up statement
934
WGUS71 KOKX 010305
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1105 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016
NJC003-017-NYC005-047-061-081-010313-
/O.CAN.KOKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160801T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERGEN NJ-HUDSON NJ-KINGS NY-QUEENS NY-NEW YORK NY-BRONX NY-
1105 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN...HUDSON...
KINGS...QUEENS...NEW YORK AND BRONX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM AND WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THAT TIME.
LAT...LON 4070 7403 4069 7403 4079 7414 4099 7399
4095 7391 4092 7392 4092 7391 4090 7386
4091 7385 4089 7383 4088 7379 4089 7379
4088 7376 4064 7397
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 8:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Hudson | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Hudson | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 10:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 16 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 115 min |
| Aug 1, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 31 min | |
| Aug 1, 1:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 41 min | |
| Aug 1, 7:46 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 7 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.