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| event_type | Heavy Rain |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,696,167 |
| episode_id | 1,502,938 |
| begin_utc | 1999-01-03T18:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 1999-01-03T18:00:00+00:00 |
| state | NEW YORK |
| cz_type | C |
| cz_name | SUFFOLK |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| wfo_source | TRAINED SPOTTER |
| episode_narrative | With cold air in place along the surface, as a strong low pressure system moved northeast across the Great Lakes, a second low formed over the Mid-Atlantic States and moved northeast across Long Island during Sunday afternoon, January 3rd.A light intermittent mix of sleet and freezing rain began just after midnight on Sunday. As an icy coating developed on road surfaces below freezing, some significant traffic accidents occurred across the region from midnight through 3 am.However, as southeast winds increased, gusting from 45 to 50 mph, surface temperatures quickly rose above freezing from the immediate coast west during the night. An intense narrow band of torrential rain developed within a large area of steady rain. Rain fell on a frozen ground surface at rates as high as 3 inches per hour. This resulted in rapid runoff that caused widespread serious flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas mainly from Kings County east across Central Suffolk County. Life-threatening flash flooding occurred in a 30 block area of Springfield Gardens (Queens) where people required rescue from their flooded basement apartments. Water rose to within 6 inches of the ceilings in several apartments. Many locations along the Belt and Southern State Parkways, the Long Island Expressway, and Northern State Parkway were closed due to serious flooding.Here are selected rainfall amounts across the region:o In Nassau County, from 3.69 inches at Sea Cliff to 5.02 inches at Merrick.o In Western and Central Suffolk County, from 2.86 inches at Sayville to 4.51 inches at Farmingdale.o In Queens County, from 2.53 inches at LaGuardia Airport to 3.78 inches at Kennedy Airport.o In Manhattan, a new daily record of 2.42 inches was measured at Central Park.o In Westchester County, from 1.67 inches at Yorktown Heights to 2.84 inches at White Plains.o In Eastern Suffolk County, from 1.08 inches at Montauk to 2.38 inches at Westhampton.o In Rockland County, 2.23 inches was measured in Suffern. Rainfall rates of 2.44 inches per hour was measured at the Clarkstown North HS Weather Station in New City and 2.28 inches per hour at the Felix Festa MS Weather Station in West Nyack.Strong gusty winds combined with heavy rain caused scattered power outages as tree limbs fell mainly from Nassau County east across Central Suffolk County. |
| year | 1,999 |
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