Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:27 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hackensack, NJ | ROADWAY FLOODED AND OCCUPIED VEHICLE STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS AT PLEASANTVIEW AND SUMMIT AVENUE. |
| Jun 8, 3:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Harrison, NJ | MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES WITH ROADS IMPASSABLE AND UNDER WATER AT RODGERS BOULEVARD AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN TOWN. |
| Jun 8, 4:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Lodi, NJ | ALL LANES CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ON NJ 17 SOUTHBOUND, NORTH OF US 46 HASBRUCK HEIGHTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964
WGUS51 KOKX 081915
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-017-031-039-082215-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0002.210608T1915Z-210608T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Upton NY
315 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey...
Essex County in northeastern New Jersey...
Hudson County in northeastern New Jersey...
Eastern Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey...
Union County in northeastern New Jersey...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 315 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Passaic, Bayonne,
Plainfield, Bloomfield, Hackensack, Linden, Orange, Bergenfield,
Summit, Lyndhurst, Millburn, Rutherford, Secaucus, Harrison,
Ridgefield and Caldwell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 7436 4076 7438 4086 7431 4086 7434
4090 7433 4090 7428 4092 7427 4093 7392
4077 7401 4065 7412 4065 7419 4061 7420
4059 7429 4061 7431 4060 7445 4065 7440
4065 7445 4067 7445
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
004
WGUS71 KOKX 082205
FFSOKX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Upton NY
605 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021
NJC003-013-017-031-039-082215-
/O.EXP.KOKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210608T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bergen NJ-Essex NJ-Hudson NJ-Passaic NJ-Union NJ-
605 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN, ESSEX, HUDSON, EASTERN PASSAIC AND UNION
COUNTIES...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 4075 7436 4076 7438 4086 7431 4086 7434
4090 7433 4090 7428 4092 7427 4093 7392
4077 7401 4065 7412 4065 7419 4061 7420
4059 7429 4061 7431 4060 7445 4065 7440
4065 7445 4067 7445
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Passaic | 118 min |
| Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Bergen | 114 min |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Essex, Union | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Hudson | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 43 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.