Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2016, 8:49 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. 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
- Aug 11, 2016, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Orange County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
511
WGUS51 KOKX 120049
FFWOKX
NYC071-120345-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0008.160812T0049Z-160812T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
849 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 849 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIDDLETOWN...PORT JERVIS...MONROE...WALDEN...WARWICK...GOSHEN...CHESTER...
MONTGOMERY...FLORIDA...HARRIMAN...UNIONVILLE...OAKLAND...KIRYAS JOEL...
WASHINGTONVILLE...MAYBROOK...PINE BUSH...HIGHLAND MILLS...SCOTCHTOWN
AND CENTRAL VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4150 7472 4150 7448 4157 7442 4163 7425
4160 7425 4158 7414 4128 7405 4121 7439
4136 7470 4137 7469 4139 7471 4140 7474
4143 7474 4143 7476 4145 7476 4146 7475
4149 7476
$$
BC2 follow-up statements
867
WGUS71 KOKX 120213
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1013 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
NYC071-120345-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160812T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ORANGE NY-
1013 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
ORANGE COUNTY...
AT 1012 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIDDLETOWN...PORT JERVIS...MONROE...WALDEN...WARWICK...GOSHEN...CHESTER...
MONTGOMERY...FLORIDA...HARRIMAN...UNIONVILLE...OAKLAND...KIRYAS JOEL...
WASHINGTONVILLE...MAYBROOK...PINE BUSH...HIGHLAND MILLS...SCOTCHTOWN AND
CENTRAL VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4150 7472 4150 7448 4157 7442 4163 7425
4160 7425 4158 7414 4128 7405 4121 7439
4136 7470 4137 7469 4139 7471 4140 7474
4143 7474 4143 7476 4145 7476 4146 7475
4149 7476
$$
BC609
WGUS71 KOKX 120349
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1148 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
NYC071-120358-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160812T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ORANGE NY-
1148 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ORANGE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4150 7472 4150 7448 4157 7442 4163 7425
4160 7425 4158 7414 4128 7405 4121 7439
4136 7470 4137 7469 4139 7471 4140 7474
4143 7474 4143 7476 4145 7476 4146 7475
4149 7476
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 9:29 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 31 hr | |
| Aug 11, 11:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 118 min |
| Aug 12, 4:15 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 65 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 37 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 52 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 40 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 31 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 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.