Flash Flood, Richmond
- When
- July 3, 5:05 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Northeast Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -74.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New York, July 3, 2000
Thunderstorms produced rainfall rates estimated by radar at up to 4 inches per hour for less than 1 hour across Northeast Richmond (Staten Island), Southwest Kings (Brooklyn) and Northern Queens Counties. These excessive rainfall rates were confirmed by two weather stations in Kings County (Brooklyn).
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.
Thunderstorms produced rainfall rates estimated by radar at up to 4 inches per hour for less than 1 hour across Northeast Richmond (Staten Island), Southwest Kings (Brooklyn) and Northern Queens Counties. These excessive rainfall rates were confirmed by two weather stations in Kings County (Brooklyn). The Bishop Kearney High School Weather Station measured a maximum rainfall rate of 4.48 inches per hour and the P.S. 170 Weather Station measured a maximum rainfall rate of 4.20 inches per hour.In Richmond County, significant ponding of water trapped people in two cars near the Verranzano Bridge.In Kings County, significant low-lying and poor drainage flooding occurred along the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge.In Queens County, the New York City Office of Emergency Management reported significant low-lying and poor drainage flooding on the Cross Island Parkway near the Whitestone Bridge.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Kings
- When
- July 3, 5:36 PM EST
- Where
- Kings County, Southwest Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.634, -73.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Queens
- When
- July 3, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queens County, North 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
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in Maryland, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, July 3 to 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, July 3, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5154965, 5154966, 5154967.