Alert archive / New York / Coastal Flood Statements in 2020
Coastal Flood Statement 41, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Aug 19, 2020, 4:31 AM EDT for Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Aug 19, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2020, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Aug 19, 3:54 AM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:54 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service New York NY 316 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2020 ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108- NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-200900- Long Island Sound East of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY- Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY- New York Harbor-Peconic and Gardiners Bays- South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay- Moriches Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm- Fire Island Inlet NY to Moriches Inlet NY out 20 nm- Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 nm-Northern Fairfield- Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-Northern New London- Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-Southern Middlesex- Southern New London-Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-Hudson- Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex- Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-Putnam-Rockland- Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester-New York (Manhattan)-Bronx- Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk- Northeastern Suffolk-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk- Northern Queens-Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau- 316 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters, southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time that would meet NWS warning criteria. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && This Hazardous Weather Outlook provides a summary of potential widespread hazardous weather events that may reach NWS warning criteria. Most long fused NWS watches, warnings, and advisories in effect are highlighted. Please refer to the latest NWS forecasts for weather not meeting NWS warning criteria.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Richmond | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 66 min | |
| Aug 19, 11:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 64 min |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New York, 2020Every coastal flood statement in 2020
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.