Heavy Rain, Suffolk
- When
- July 15, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk County, Central Portion
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in New York, July 15, 2000
Bands of heavy rain, oriented from southeast to northwest, developed across the region. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 1/2 to around 5 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
Bands of heavy rain, oriented from southeast to northwest, developed across the region. Heavy rainfall caused some flooding of low-lying and poor drainge areas, especially along streets in Central Orange County, Southwest Rockland County, and Central Suffolk County.Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 1/2 to around 5 inches. Here are selected rainfall amounts for:Orange County: 3.11 inches at Gardnerville and 2.79 inches at Port Jervis.Rockland County: National Weather Service radar estimated from 2 1/2 to around 4 inches across Southwest Rockland County.Suffolk County: 4.25 inches at Rocky Point, 3.34 inches at the NWS Upton Office, and 2.54 inches at Mt. Sinai.Generally, less than 2 inches of rain fell across the rest of extreme Southeast NY, where isolated flooding was reported in the usual poor drainage areas, such as Springfield Gardens in Queens.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Rockland
- When
- July 15, 4:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rockland County, Sloatsburg
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -74.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Orange
- When
- July 15, 5:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Central Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, July 15 to 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 15, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 15, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 2000
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5154973, 5154972, 5154971.