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Coastal Flood Statement 12, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 11, 2021, 3:19 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 11, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2021, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2021, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
646 WHUS41 KOKX 111919 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Upton NY 319 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021 NYZ074-075-178-179-120200- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0011.210412T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens- Southern Nassau- 319 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021 * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) and Kings (Brooklyn) Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM to 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront. Some water on low lying roads and property. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A coastal flood statement may be needed for the Monday morning high tide cycle. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ CTZ009-120500- /O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0012.210412T0300Z-210412T0500Z/ Southern Fairfield- 319 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021 * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...Southern Fairfield County. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 1 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront. Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
1 follow-up statement
199 WHUS41 KOKX 120501 CFWOKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Upton NY 101 AM EDT Mon Apr 12 2021 CTZ009-120615- /O.EXP.KOKX.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210412T0500Z/ Southern Fairfield- 101 AM EDT Mon Apr 12 2021 Coastal flooding is no longer expected tonight so the statement has been allowed to expire. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/nyc
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:40 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 7 hr |
Nearby
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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.