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Coastal Flood Statement 10, NWS New York, NY

March 31, 2021Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; Nassau County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Mar 31, 2021, 4:59 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Mar 31, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2021, 4:59 AM EDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

844 
WHUS41 KOKX 310859
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Upton NY
459 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

NYZ178-179-010500-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0010.210401T0200Z-210401T0500Z/
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
459 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level 
  expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline.

* WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties.

* WHEN...From this evening through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable 
  locations near the waterfront and shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&

$$

CTZ009-010800-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0010.210401T0500Z-210401T0800Z/
Southern Fairfield-
459 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level 
  expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline.

* WHERE...Southern Fairfield County.

* WHEN...Late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable 
  locations near the waterfront and shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/nyc
2 follow-up statements
313 
WHUS41 KOKX 311927
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Upton NY
327 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

NYZ178-179-010330-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0010.210401T0200Z-210401T0500Z/
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
327 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level 
  expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline.

* WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS... Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable 
  locations near the waterfront and shoreline.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&

$$

CTZ009-010330-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0010.210401T0500Z-210401T0800Z/
Southern Fairfield-
327 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level 
  expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline.

* WHERE...Southern Fairfield County.

* WHEN...From 1 AM EDT Thursday through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable 
  locations near the waterfront and shoreline.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/nyc
441 
WHUS41 KOKX 010010
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Upton NY
810 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

NYZ178-179-010500-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0010.210401T0200Z-210401T0500Z/
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
810 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level 
  expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline.

* WHERE...Southern Nassau and Southern Queens Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS... Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable 
  locations near the waterfront and shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&


$$

CTZ009-010800-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0010.210401T0500Z-210401T0800Z/
Southern Fairfield-
810 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level 
  expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline.

* WHERE...Southern Fairfield County.

* WHEN...From 1 AM EDT Thursday through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable 
  locations near the waterfront and shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/nyc

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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.