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Areal Flood Advisory 91, NWS New York, NY

August 19, 2021Rockland County, New York; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 19, 2021, 3:30 AM EDT for Rockland County, New York; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2021, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2021, 5:30 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Rockland County, NY

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Aug 19, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:43 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:21 AM EDT, 9 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
Aug 19, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Rockland	24 min
Aug 19, 3:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland, Westchester	27 min
Aug 19, 4:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Rockland, Westchester	28 min
Aug 19, 4:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	31 min
Aug 19, 3:00 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		14 hr
Aug 19, 2:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	OKX	Passaic	32 min
Aug 19, 2:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Passaic	23 min
Aug 19, 7:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	2 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in New Jersey, 2021 Areal Flood Advisories in New York, 2021 Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.