Heavy Rain, Kings
- When
- June 12, 9:00 PM EST to June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kings County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.634, -73.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in New York, June 12 to 14, 1998
A low pressure system over the Great Lakes on Saturday, June 13th moved southeast and redeveloped just south of New York City Sunday morning, June 14th. Rain began across the area at the start of midnight on Friday, June 12th and didn't end until just before midnight on Monday.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
A low pressure system over the Great Lakes on Saturday, June 13th moved southeast and redeveloped just south of New York City Sunday morning, June 14th. It then moved east of the area during Sunday.Rain began across the area at the start of midnight on Friday, June 12th and didn't end until just before midnight on Monday. There were two to three bursts of heavy rain during this 3 day period, which saw rainfall amounts from 2 to just over 7 inches across the region. On Saturday, one of these heavy rain bursts, which was associated with a line of thunderstorms, caused widespread flash flooding of streets, low-lying and poor drainage areas, and basements across the region (except for Rockland County).Here are selected rainfall amounts for:o New York City - from 2.12 inches at LaGuardia Airport to 3.45 inches at Kennedy Airport. At Central Park, 2.91 inches of rain fell.o Nassau County - a spotter measured 4.40 inches at Syosset.o Suffolk County - from 2.85 inches at Bridgehampton to 7.02 inches at Medford. A spotter in Shoreham reported 7.00 inches.o Rockland County - from 1.24 inches at Nanuet to 3.69 inches at Tappan.o Westchester County - At White Plains, 3.10 inches was measured.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Queens
- When
- June 12, 9:00 PM EST to June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queens County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.658, -73.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Nassau
- When
- June 12, 9:30 PM EST to June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nassau County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.732, -73.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Suffolk
- When
- June 12, 9:30 PM EST to June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Richmond
- When
- June 13, 8:45 AM EST to June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -74.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, New York
- When
- June 13, 9:00 AM EST to June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- New York County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.774, -73.970 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Bronx
- When
- June 13, 9:00 AM EST to June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bronx County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.827, -73.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Rockland
- When
- June 13, 9:30 AM EST to June 14, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rockland County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -74.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Westchester
- When
- June 13, 9:30 AM EST to June 14, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Westchester County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 12, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, June 12 to 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 12, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 12 to 13, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, June 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5658725, 5658726, 5658727, 5658728, 5658658, 5658659, 5658660, 5658729, 5658730.