A cold front moved across the area on June 14, 2008 which produced widespread flash flooding across portions of the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City.
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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.
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
A cold front moved across the area on June 14, 2008 which produced widespread flash flooding across portions of the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 6:33 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 733 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PASS OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT...HOWEVER ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL THEN PARK ITSELF OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...PRIMARILY NORTH AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY. ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE RIDGE AXIS...BUT THIS PROTECTION WILL WEAKEN TOWARD EVENING AS IT FLATTENS OUT. SBCAPES HAVE INCREASED INTO THE RANGE OF GENERALLY 1000-2000 J/KG (MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF OF THE CITY)...WITH LIFTED INDICES OF 0 TO -2 (AGAIN...MAINLY NW). NOT MUCH SHEAR EXPECTED WITH 20 KT OR WEAKER FLOW ALL THE WAY FROM THE SURFACE UP THROUGH 500 MB. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES WITH THE RETURN FLOW BEHIND THE LOW...WITH PWATS INCREASING TO ALMOST 2 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. SO...DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...BUT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DUMP HEAVY RAINS. SLOWER-MOVING PULSE SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY TYPE OF SEVERE WX SHOULD IT HAPPEN. WET BULB ZEROES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 11-12 KFT...SO LARGE HAIL STILL A THREAT. THE WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE CWA...WITH BOTH THE NAM AND GFS DEVELOPING A WEAK LOW ALONG THE FRONT AS IT PASSES THROUGH. TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE APPEARS TO BE SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT FOR WESTERNMOST SPOTS...TO 12Z SUNDAY MORNING OUT EAST. EXPECT THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT RATHER THAN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH MORE FORCING OVER THE AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 60S TO NEAR 70. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... A FEW REMAINING SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE CWA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE THREAT OF RAIN COMING TO AN END BY NOON. SKIES WILL CLOUDY TO START...HOWEVER SOME CLEARING CAN BE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. TRIED TO STAY MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS FOR SUNDAY. NAM SEEMS TO BE HOLDING ONTO THE PRECIPITATION A BIT TOO LONG. THEREFORE STUCK SOMEWHAT CLOSE THE THE MAV AND FWC NUMBERS FOR SUNDAY HIGHS. HIGHS SHOULD TOP OFF INT HE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. WE COULD SEE A FEW MID 80 TEMPS IN AND AROUND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY WHERE IT IS USUALLY A BIT WARMER. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP THE AREA DRY SUNDAY NIGHT. A DEVELOPING 500 MB CUTOFF LOW WILL SINK SOUTHEAST FROM CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MORE UNSETTLED PATTERN AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK AS WEAK SHORTWAVES ROTATE AROUND THE LOW. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF A FRONT MONDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A PRE-FRONTAL TROF MAY DEVELOP. WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH CHANCE AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND GO LEAN TOWARDS HIGHER POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT. FOLLOWED MAV MOS FOR THE HIGH TEMPS. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AS WE REMAIN IN THIS UNSETTLED PATTERN. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... GOOD GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONG THE MODELS AND THEIR ENSEMBLES THAT A CUTOFF LOW EVOLVING TO A DEEP TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN US FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS IS A HIGHLY ANOMALOUS PATTERN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WITH THE 12Z GEFS SHOWING NEGATIVE HEIGHT ANOMALY OF A BIT OVER 3.5 STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW NORMAL WITH THIS SYSTEM. WHILE THERE IS A DEGREE OF A CONSENSUS THAT THE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT BY SATURDAY...EXPERIENCE AND ONGOING RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THERE IS SMALLER THAN USUAL MODEL SKILL AT PREDICTING THE EXACT DETAILS (PLACEMENT...STRENGTH...MOVEMENT) OF CUT OFF LOWS IN THE EXTENDED...SO NOT HIGHLY CONFIDENT IN THAT. HAVE THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN THAT GIVEN SOLID INDICATIONS OF BELOW NORMAL HEIGHTS...WILL HAVE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES (ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHS...WHETHER LOWS ARE BELOW NORMAL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER THERE IS AT NIGHT...AND THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT A HIGH CONFIDENCE FORECAST THIS FAR OUT...SO STAYED CLOSE TO MEX ENSEMBLE MEAN THERE). ALSO WOULD EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS UNDERNEATH THE COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THE CUT OFF (DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS CAUGHT UNDER THE CUTOFF...AND HOW STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE)...SO RUN CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. I WILL STRESS HERE...THAT THIS IS NOT A WASHOUT TYPE OF PATTERN IN GENERAL (LACK OF CONTINUOUS FLOW OF MOISTURE FROM ATLANTIC/GULF)...AND THAT MOST OF THE TIME IN ANY GIVEN DAY AND LOCATION IT WILL BE DRY...JUST THAT THE NATURE OF THIS PATTERN HISTORICALLY SAYS THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM TIME TO TIME (I.E. FAR MORE MISS THAN HIT WITH THIS SORT OF PATTERN). && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TERMINALS...ENDING ABOUT 08Z WEST AND 12Z EAST AS A WEAK COLD FROM MOVES INTO THE REGION. VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME MVFR IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED IFR VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...MAINLY FROM NEW YORK CITY AND WEST. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT AND REMAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. OUTLOOK FOR 00Z MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...VFR CONDITIONS REMAIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PATTERN WILL BECOME UNSETTLED THIS WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL LOW SINKS OVER THE REGION FROM SOUTHERN CANADA. EXPECT LOW END VFR OR MVFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST. && .MARINE... A WEAKENING FRONT MOVES APPROACHES THE AREA WATERS TONIGHT AND CROSSES THE AREA OVERNIGHT. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN THE VICINITY OF LONG ISLAND...BRINGING AN INCREASED THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY...THEN MORE NORTHERLY BY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS. A N/NW FLOW WILL PREVAIL ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. REGARDLESS...THE FLOW WILL BE WEAK WITH WINDS AND SEAS REMAINING BELOW SCA. A STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AHEAD OF DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE WATERS ON TUESDAY. SCA CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ON THE OCEAN WATERS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AFTER SOME GUSTY WEST WINDS TO NEAR SCA LEVELS TUESDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH TO 5-10 KT BY THU MORNING...THEN BACK TO THE SW-S BY LATE THURSDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE SEAS FALLING TO WELL BELOW SCA LEVELS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. EXPECT WEST WINDS GENERALLY 5-10 KT. && .HYDROLOGY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE ON AVERAGE AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. THERE MAY HOWEVER BE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS AS THUNDERSTORM CELLS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RELATIVELY SLOWLY. LOCAL URBAN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS THEREFORE A POSSIBILITY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SECOND ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH OF RAIN. ALSO...IF THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...WE COULD SEE SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 446 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 CTZ005-006-009-010-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>077-152100- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- 446 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE REGION IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING AND WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...URBAN FLOODING OR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD FOLLOW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING WEATHER. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. CTZ007-008-011-012-NYZ078>081-152100- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 446 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING AND WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...URBAN FLOODING OR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-152100- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 446 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WATERS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 551 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NJZ002-003-NYZ069-142215- BERGEN-ROCKLAND-WESTERN PASSAIC- 551 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BERGEN...PASSAIC AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES... AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SLOATSBURG TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE MEADOW LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SLOATSBURG TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOPATCONG...AND MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR BLOOMINGDALE BY 605 PM. NEAR POMONA BY 610 PM. NEAR MONSEY BY 615 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MALOIT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 612 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 CTZ005-NYZ067-068-070-142315- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-ORANGE-PUTNAM- 612 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PUTNAM...EASTERN ORANGE...AND EXTREME NORTHERN FAIRFIELD AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW WINDSOR TO YORKTOWN HEIGHTS TO MAHOPAC...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLD SPRING TO MAHOPAC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR NEWBURGH BY 620 PM. NEAR MAHOPAC BY 630 PM. NEAR FAHNESTOCK STATE PARK BY 640 PM. NEAR CARMEL BY 650 PM. NEAR LAKE CARMEL BY 705 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MALOIT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 705 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NJZ002>005-142345- BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-WESTERN PASSAIC- 705 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERGEN...NORTHERN ESSEX AND PASSAIC COUNTIES... AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POMPTON LAKES TO HANOVER TOWNSHIP TO MENDHAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POMPTON LAKES TO HANOVER TOWNSHIP TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SUCCASUNNA-KENVIL...AND MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR WAYNE BY 720 PM. NEAR HAWTHORNE BY 730 PM. NEAR RIDGEWOOD BY 735 PM. NEAR PATERSON BY 740 PM. NEAR PARAMUS BY 745 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MALOIT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 707 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 CTZ005-009-NJZ003-NYZ070-071-073-142345- BERGEN-BRONX-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 707 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRONX...EASTERN BERGEN... FAIRFIELD AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSSINING TO WHITE PLAINS TO DOBBS FERRY TO ENGLEWOOD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSSINING TO WHITE PLAINS TO DOBBS FERRY TO BERGENFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR YORKTOWN HEIGHTS BY 715 PM. NEAR MOUNT KISCO BY 720 PM. NEAR WHITE PLAINS BY 725 PM. NEAR HARRISON BY 730 PM. NEAR NEW ROCHELLE BY 735 PM. NEAR PORT CHESTER BY 740 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MALOIT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 712 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NYZ075>077-150000- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NASSAU-QUEENS- 712 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU AND QUEENS COUNTIES... AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OZONE PARK...OR NEAR CROWN HEIGHTS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON HEIGHTS BY 720 PM. NEAR KENNEDY AIRPORT BY 725 PM. NEAR JAMAICA BY 730 PM. 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITESTONE BY 735 PM. 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY STREAM BY 740 PM. NEAR ELMONT BY 745 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MALOIT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 723 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NJZ003>006-011-150015- BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION- 723 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERGEN...ESSEX...HUDSON... NORTHERN UNION AND PASSAIC COUNTIES... AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAWTHORNE TO UNION TO FLORHAM PARK TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF BEATTYESTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PATERSON TO MILLBURN TO EAST HANOVER TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUCCASUNNA-KENVIL...AND MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR RIDGEWOOD BY 730 PM. NEAR PASSAIC BY 735 PM. NEAR NEWARK BY 740 PM. NEAR LYNDHURST BY 745 PM. NEAR ORADELL BY 750 PM. NEAR TETERBORO BY 755 PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MALOIT
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:50 UTC.
24 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Union Tpke. and Woodhaven Blvd.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Cooper Ave. and 72nd St.
Several feet of water flooded roadways and nearby basements of as many as 20 homes near the intersection of 85th St. and 77th Ave.
Water rescues were performed on O'Dell Ave.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of 164th Street and 71st Ave.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Queens Blvd. and the Van Wyck Expressway.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Hillside Ave. and 188th St.
The Kew Gardens Interchange (where the Van Wyck Expressway, Grand Central Pkwy and Jackie Robinson Pkwy all intersect), was closed in all directions with occupied vehicles stuck in rising water. Mesonet sources in Forest Hills and Rego Park reported storm total rainfall of 2.46 inches and 2.18 inches respectively.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and Utopia Pkwy, and 64th Ave and Utopia Pkwy. Water inundated the basement of a building at the intersection of Utopia Pkwy. and 68th Ave as well as many residents' basements on Utopia Pkwy between the Long Island Expressway and Union Tpke. Water was waist high in some areas.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Woodhull Ave. and 193rd St.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and Kissena Blvd.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Bell Blvd. and 216th St.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Jewel Ave. and 168th St.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of 172nd St. and 68th Ave.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Spencer Ave. and the Grand Central Pkwy.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of 188th St. and Jamaica Ave.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of 182nd St. and 69th Ave.
Long Island Expressway closed in both directions between exits 25 (Utopia Parkway) and 26 (Francis Lewis Boulevard). Approximately 25 cars were stuck in water. JFK International Airport reported 1.36 inches of rain between 7:51 pm and 8:51 pm. LaGuardia Airport reported 1.31 inches of rain between 7:51 pm and 8:51 pm.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of the Clearview Expressway and 35th Ave.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of the Clearview Expressway and Northern Blvd.
Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Hook Creek Blvd. and 257th St.
Water blocking all lanes eastbound on the Grand Central Parkway at exit 13.
All lanes blocked on Route 119 near South French Avenue.
The Bronx River Parkway was closed in both directions between Harney Road and the Sprain Brook Parkway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 2008
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: 114924, 114928, 115617, 109909, 114933, 114934, 114935, 114979, 114936, 114938, 114989, 114992, 114993, 114995, 115362, 115370, 115380, 114856, 115386, 115387, 115389, 114857, 114862, 114867.