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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS New York, NY

July 21, 201911 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 21, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT for 11 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 22, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2019, 10:48 AM EDT
In force: 23 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, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jul 21, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 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
Jul 21, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Passaic	46 min
Jul 21, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Essex, Union	23 min
Jul 21, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Union	23 min
Jul 21, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX		47 min

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.