Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Flooding rains in Long Island (NY)


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Continuing, more impressive rainfall totals on Long Island, NY. Looking at report below from the NWS New York office, 13.10 inches of rain (storm total) at Mac Arthur Airport on Islip (Long Island) NY. Much of it occurring in a three hour period from 4:56 AM to 7:56 AM.

I hope this is a link to a current map from the NWS of rainfall and flooding reports on Long Island. This is the first time that I have linked (on 8/13/14 at 9:55 AM EDT) to this particular mapping display. I believe that the rainfall observations are good only for the preceding 24 hour period from when I accessed the map. I'll keep an eye on this link and will update or delete later as necessary.

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CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-140034-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
834 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2014

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 15
HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION
IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN
SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE
ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC

********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     RAINFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
   BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT    1.34   800 AM  8/13  ASOS
   DANBURY AIRPORT       0.78   703 AM  8/13  ASOS

...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
   NEW HAVEN             2.03   702 AM  8/13  ASOS
   MERIDEN               0.75   800 AM  8/13  ASOS

...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
   GROTON AIRPORT        2.17   820 AM  8/13  ASOS

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...
   TETERBORO             0.56   706 AM  8/13  ASOS
   WESTWOOD              0.54   645 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER

...ESSEX COUNTY...
   NEWARK AIRPORT        0.58   800 AM  8/13  ASOS
   CALDWELL AIRPORT      0.41   800 AM  8/13  ASOS

...HUDSON COUNTY...
   NORTH BERGEN          0.83   745 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER

NEW YORK

...KINGS COUNTY...
   MIDWOOD               1.34   706 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER

...NASSAU COUNTY...
   WANTAGH               7.84   825 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   MERRICK               6.81   749 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   BELLMORE              5.20   830 AM  8/13  PUBLIC
   LONG BEACH            4.64   729 AM  8/13  PUBLIC
   PLAINVIEW             4.61   640 AM  8/13  PUBLIC
   SYOSSET               4.01   658 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   FLORAL PARK           2.80   745 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   BAYVILLE              2.63   730 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   MALVERNE              0.98   700 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER

...NEW YORK COUNTY...
   CENTRAL PARK          0.70   800 AM  8/13  ASOS

...ORANGE COUNTY...
   MONTGOMERY AIRPORT    0.65   800 AM  8/13  ASOS

...QUEENS COUNTY...
   NYC/JFK AIRPORT       3.19   800 AM  8/13  ASOS
   NYC/LA GUARDIA        0.77   800 AM  8/13  ASOS

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
   ISLIP AIRPORT        13.10   800 AM  8/13  ASOS
   HOLBROOK             10.82   703 AM  8/13  NWS EMPLOYEE
   ISLIP                 9.80   715 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   DEER PARK             8.30   830 AM  8/13  PUBLIC
   RONKONKOMA            8.20   640 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   FARMINGVILLE          7.73   800 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   CENTEREACH            5.93   730 AM  8/13  NWS EMPLOYEE
   EAST FARMINGDALE      4.93   800 AM  8/13  ASOS
   MEDFORD               4.45   800 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   CENTERPORT            3.18   700 AM  8/13  CO-OP OBSERVER
   UPTON                 1.74   800 AM  8/13  NWS OFFICE
   STONY BROOK           1.59   515 AM  8/13  TRAINED SPOTTER
   SHIRLEY AIRPORT       1.15   800 AM  8/13  ASOS
   WESTHAMPTON AIRPORT   0.68   800 AM  8/13  ASOS
   1 NNE MONTAUK         0.14   800 AM  8/13  ASOS

...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
   WHITE PLAINS AIRPORT  0.85   800 AM  8/13  ASOS


**********************24 HOUR RAINFALL**********************

LOCATION              24 HOUR     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     RAINFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
   3 SSE BROOKFIELD      0.67   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
   3 WSW EAST HAMPTON    0.93   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...
   1 W TENAFLY           0.71   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS
   WNW OAKLAND           0.16   720 AM  8/13  COCORAHS
   1 ESE OAKLAND         0.08   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...ESSEX COUNTY...
   1 SE MAPLEWOOD TWP    0.72   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS
   1 NE CEDAR GROVE TWP  0.62   600 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...HUDSON COUNTY...
   N HARRISON            0.58   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...UNION COUNTY...
   1 NE WESTFIELD        0.73   645 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

NEW YORK

...NASSAU COUNTY...
   W FLORAL PARK         2.53   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...PUTNAM COUNTY...
   8 NE COLD SPRINGS     0.14   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS
   4 ESE BEACON          0.08   620 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...QUEENS COUNTY...
   1 SW MIDDLE VILLAGE   1.43   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...RICHMOND COUNTY...
   1 SE STATEN ISLAND    0.73   730 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
   2 NW SOUTH SALEM      0.72   700 AM  8/13  COCORAHS

$$

JP


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