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Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS New York, NY

July 22, 2021Nassau County, Queens County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 22, 2021, 3:35 AM EDT for Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It took effect at Jul 22, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2021, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 22, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 22, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
5 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 07:36 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, 7.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 712 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
712 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

842 
WHUS41 KOKX 220735
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
335 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

NYZ178-179-230000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0021.210722T2200Z-210723T0000Z/
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
335 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

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

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

* WHEN...This evening.

* 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
3 follow-up statements
130 
WHUS41 KOKX 221503
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
1103 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

NYZ178-179-230300-
/O.EXT.KOKX.CF.S.0021.210722T2200Z-210723T0300Z/
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
1103 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

* WHAT...Less than one foot of inundation above ground level 
  expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline.

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

* WHEN...From 6 PM to 11 PM EDT this evening.

* 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
154 
WHUS41 KOKX 230138
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
938 PM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

NYZ178-179-230245-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210723T0300Z/
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
938 PM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

The high tide cycle passed early this evening and minor coastal 
flooding is no longer a threat.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/nyc
165 
WHUS41 KOKX 230313
CFWOKX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service New York NY
1113 PM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

NYZ178-179-230415-
/O.EXP.KOKX.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210723T0300Z/
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
1113 PM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021

The high tide cycle passed early this evening and coastal 
flooding is no longer a threat. 

$$

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

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New York, 2021Every coastal flood statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.