Flash Flood, Nassau
- When
- August 28, 12:58 PM EST
- Where
- Nassau County, Northwest Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.732, -73.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New York, August 28, 2000
Heavy rain along with embedded thunderstorms drifted very slowly north across Northeastern Queens and Northwestern NassauCounties. 5 to 4 inches across this area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Heavy rain along with embedded thunderstorms drifted very slowly north across Northeastern Queens and Northwestern NassauCounties. National Weather Service radar estimated rainfall rates from 1.5 to 2 inches per hour with a Storm Total Precipitation amount from 3.5 to 4 inches across this area. Emergency managers reported numerous roads and stores flooded in Great Neck. They also reported serious widespread flooding on the Cross Island Parkway in Whitestone, with up to 5 feet of water ponded on streets in Bay Terrace.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:55 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Queens
- When
- August 28, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Queens County, Northeast Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.658, -73.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, August 28 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 28, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, August 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 28, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, August 28 to 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 28, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, August 28, 2000
- Flooding in New Jersey, August 28, 2000
- Hail in Georgia, August 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, August 28, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, August 28, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, August 28, 2000
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5169540, 5169541.