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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS New York, NY

January 19, 20198 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jan 19, 2019, 3:01 PM EST for 8 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 20, 2019, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2019, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2019, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 20, 2019, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 19, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 4:37 AM EST, 10 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 3:50 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 3 more	35 hr
Jan 19, 3:52 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		24 hr
Jan 19, 4:41 AM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	OKX	Nassau, Queens	30 hr
Jan 19, 4:41 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	OKX	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more	32 hr
Jan 19, 3:37 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	OKX		67 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.