New York, 2009Flood in New York, July 1 to 31, 2009
July 1 to 31, 2009 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Monthly rainfall well above average continued during the month of July causing significant crop damage on the farms of the north and south forks of Suffolk County.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Monthly rainfall well above average continued during the month of July causing significant crop damage on the farms of the north and south forks of Suffolk County.
What forecasters said that day
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 30, 8:56 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 8:56 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
956 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE
SLOWLY SPINS EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND MOVE NORTHEAST AHEAD OF LARGE
CUTOFF LOW. SCATTERED COVERAGE CONTINUES OVERNIGHT.
LOWS WILL BE CLOUD DEPENDENT...BUT SHOULD BE CLOSE TO LAST NIGHTS
READING IN AND AROUND NYC...AND A FEW DEGREES WARMER ACROSS
INTERIOR SECTIONS AND LONG ISLAND.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES AS A COLD UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN
OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES/SOUTHERN ONTARIO. A SERIES OF SHORT
WAVES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW WILL BRING ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRENGTH OF THE STORMS WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON
HOW MUCH SUN THERE IS DURING THE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. A
DIURNAL PATTERN IS EXPECTED WITH THE MAX IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE
IS STILL THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
MORE OF THE SAME IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...AS YET ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. EXACT PLACEMENT AND
INTENSITY GETS A BIT MORE UNCERTAIN WITH DIFFERENCES IN POSITION OF
THE UPPER LOW AND TIMING OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY.
TEMPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE WED/THURS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CLOSED UPPER LOW REMAINS OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE
MOVING OUT OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY. A SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES
AND WEAK COLD FRONTS/SURFACE TROUGHS WILL BRING A THREAT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHER
CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. POPS LOWER EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
LIKELY A DRY DAY ON SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER TO MID
80S...EXCEPT MID TO UPPER 70S ALONG COASTAL AREAS. SLIGHT CHC POPS
FOR SUNDAY WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE...THEN SHOWERS AGAIN ON MONDAY
WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MOVING IN. DRY DAY ON TUESDAY AS BUILDS
ACROSS FROM THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.
TEMPS IN THE LONG TERM NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SCATTERED SHOWER COVERAGE...WITH ISOLATED TSTM POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE VFR TO POSSIBLY MVFR IN FOG LATER TONIGHT.
SOME STRATUS MAY ALSO DEVELOP BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW. LIGHT E/SE
FLOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
MORE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS
UNSTABLE. VFR TO MVFR QUITE POSSIBLE IN SCT CONVECTION.
OUTLOOK 00Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
GENERALLY VFR...THOUGH SUB VFR POSSIBLE EACH DAY (BEST CHANCE
AFTERNOON INTO EVENING) IN SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS.
&&
.MARINE...
SUB ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN THROUGH SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH
WNAWAVE HINTING AT SOME 5 FOOTERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOCALLY
ROUGH SEAS ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
AFTN/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THRU THURS. WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENTS BETWEEN 1.25 AND 1.50 INCHES...ANY
SHOWERS OR TSTMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BRIEFLY PRODUCE HOURLY
RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH. BASED ON MID LVL WINDS...STORM
SPEEDS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP FLASH FLOOD THREAT LOW. THE
PRIMARY FLOOD THREAT WILL BE IN AREAS WHERE TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS
OCCUR...WITH ORANGE/PUTNAM/PASSAIC COUNTIES THE FOCUS.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...BS
NEAR TERM...BS/PW
SHORT TERM...BS
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...PW
MARINE...BS/FIG
HYDROLOGY...BS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 6:11 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
711 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
CTZ005-006-009-NJZ002>004-NYZ067>071-011900-
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
711 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
&&
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.
CTZ007-008-010>012-NJZ005-006-011-NYZ072>081-011900-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-
QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
711 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
&&
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.
ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-011900-
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-
711 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
&&
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:27 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
727 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM FLASH FLOOD TOTOWA 40.90N 74.22W
06/30/2009 PASSAIC NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING NEAR UNION BLVD AND
RIVERVIEW DRIVE
&&
JMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 6:59 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
759 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM FLASH FLOOD CALDWELL 40.84N 74.28W
06/30/2009 ESSEX NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING NEAR UNION BLVD AND
RIVERVIEW DRIVE
&&
JMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 7:05 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
805 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL WALDEN 41.56N 74.19W
06/30/2009 E1.00 INCH ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL RANGED FROM DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
&&
JMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 7:39 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
839 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMFIELD 40.81N 74.19W
06/30/2009 ESSEX NJ PUBLIC
LARGE TREE DOWN OFF HAZELWOOD ROAD.
&&
JMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 8:12 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
912 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 SW MIDDLETOWN 41.40N 74.48W
06/30/2009 ORANGE NY PUBLIC
ROUTE 6 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN SLATE HILL.
0358 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 ESE MIDDLETOWN 41.43N 74.39W
06/30/2009 ORANGE NY PUBLIC
METRO-NORTH STATION IN EAST MIDDLETOWN CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0400 PM HAIL WALDEN 41.56N 74.19W
06/30/2009 E1.00 INCH ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL RANGED FROM DIME TO QUARTER SIZE.
0420 PM FLASH FLOOD CALDWELL 40.84N 74.28W
06/30/2009 ESSEX NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING NEAR UNION BLVD AND
RIVERVIEW DRIVE.
0430 PM HAIL CEDAR GROVE 40.86N 74.23W
06/30/2009 E1.50 INCH ESSEX NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMFIELD 40.81N 74.19W
06/30/2009 ESSEX NJ PUBLIC
LARGE TREE DOWN OFF HAZELWOOD ROAD.
0435 PM FLASH FLOOD TOTOWA 40.90N 74.22W
06/30/2009 PASSAIC NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOWER TOTOWA BUSINESS
SECTION FLOODED.
0435 PM FLASH FLOOD WEST PATERSON 40.89N 74.20W
06/30/2009 PASSAIC NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
VARIOUS STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN WEST PATERSON
AND LITTLE FALLS.
0449 PM LIGHTNING LITTLE FALLS 40.88N 74.22W
06/30/2009 PASSAIC NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
HOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE ON 102 MAIN STREET.
0451 PM LIGHTNING EMERSON 40.97N 74.02W
06/30/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
HOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE ON 111 HIGH STREET.
0501 PM FLASH FLOOD TOTOWA 40.90N 74.22W
06/30/2009 PASSAIC NJ BROADCAST MEDIA
CAR SUBMERGED IN WATER ON SHEPARDS LANE AND UNION BLVD.
&&
RCFlood, Suffolk
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk County, 1.85 mi N of Centerville to 2.31 mi ENE of Westhampton Beach
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 40.997, -72.683
A prolonged period of wet weather continued during the month of July causing significant crop damage, which lead to lost sales in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The unofficial monthly rainfall total at the historical climate site in Bridgehampton, NY was 6.16 inches which is 3.07 inches above normal for the month.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, July 1, 20091 death · 0.75 in hail · 4 events
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 1, 20091 death · 1 event
- Flooding in North Dakota, July 1 to 31, 2009$6.0 million · 3 events
- Tornado and Flood in Florida, July 1 to 3, 20091 injured · $910,000 · EF0 · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, July 1, 2009$100,000 · 1.5 in hail · 24 events
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 1, 2009$125,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Connecticut, July 1, 2009$70,000 · 0.75 in hail · 10 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Rhode Island, July 1, 2009$50,000 · 0.75 in hail · 8 events
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2009$54,000 · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 1, 2009$60,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1, 2009$32,000 · 1 in hail · 14 events
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, July 1, 2009$50,000 · 1 event
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: 189433.