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Coastal Flood Statement 13, NWS New York, NY

April 12, 20214 counties in New York

NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 12, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 12, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2021-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

277 
WHUS41 KOKX 121000
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Upton NY
600 AM EDT Mon Apr 12 2021

NYZ074-075-178-179-122100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0013.210413T0000Z-210413T0300Z/
Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-
Southern Nassau-
600 AM EDT Mon Apr 12 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 11 pm EDT this evening.

* 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
401 
WHUS41 KOKX 121942
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Upton NY
342 PM EDT Mon Apr 12 2021

NYZ074-075-178-179-130300-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0013.210413T0000Z-210413T0300Z/
Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Southern Queens-
Southern Nassau-
342 PM EDT Mon Apr 12 2021

* WHAT...Up to one 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 11 PM EDT this evening.

* 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

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.