Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2017, 1:07 PM EDT for Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 83 min. 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
- Aug 2, 2017, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2017, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Passaic County, NJ
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Woodland Park, NJ | M0UNTAIN PARK ROAD AND VALLEY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Woodland Park, NJ | MOUNTAIN PARK ROAD AND VALLEY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
101
WGUS51 KOKX 021707
FFWOKX
NJC031-021830-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0009.170802T1707Z-170802T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
107 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eastern Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey...
* Until 230 PM EDT
* At 105 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
begin shortly. 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.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Paterson, Passaic, Hawthorne, Clifton, Woodland Park, North
Haledon, Haledon and Prospect Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 4084 7417 4099 7425 4098 7422 4098 7420
4097 7414 4094 7415 4093 7414 4092 7414
4092 7413 4089 7413 4088 7412 4086 7411
4085 7415
$$
FIGThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 12:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Passaic | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 1:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Essex, Passaic | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen | 2 hr |
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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.