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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS New York, NY

August 2, 2017Passaic County, New Jersey

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODWoodland Park, NJM0UNTAIN PARK ROAD AND VALLEY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODWoodland Park, NJMOUNTAIN 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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 2017-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

FIG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 12:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBergen29 min
Aug 2, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic43 min
Aug 2, 12:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXEssex, Hudson, Union3 hr
Aug 2, 12:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen56 min
Aug 2, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Passaic55 min
Aug 2, 1:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXEssex, Passaic93 min
Aug 2, 3:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen, Essex, Passaic, Union2 hr
Aug 2, 5:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBergen2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.