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Flood Watch 2, NWS New York, NY

June 22, 20265 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flood watch at Jun 22, 2026, 2:07 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Jun 22, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2026, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 22, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 23, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Flood severity
None

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2026-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 22, 1:35 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:35 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXRichmond51 min
Jun 22, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond39 min
Jun 22, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX64 min
Jun 22, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXNassau42 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond3 hr
Jun 22, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementOKXBronx, New York43 min
Jun 22, 5:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKXNassau, Queens, Suffolk2 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2026Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2026Every flood watch in 2026

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.