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River Flood Warning 6, NWS New York, NY

December 11, 2023Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 11, 2023, 2:29 AM EST for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 11, 2023, 6:55 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 11, 2023, 2:29 AM EST (07:29 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 11, 2023, 6:55 AM EST
Expired: Dec 11, 2023, 3:36 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yantic River at Yantic (YTCC3). The gauge peaked at 9.96 ft at Dec 11, 2023, 9:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01127500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 10, 4:50 PM EST, 9 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 4:50 PM EST, 9 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 10, 9:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Nassau, Queens, Suffolk	5 hr
Dec 10, 10:22 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	3 hr
Dec 11, 1:40 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Suffolk	3 hr
Dec 11, 6:50 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		63 hr
Dec 10, 9:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	4 hr
Dec 10, 10:28 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	3 hr
Dec 11, 12:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	8 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.