Southeast Suffolk County, New York
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1996 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
34
Floods since 1996
260
All events
19
Deaths
$55.6M
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
On August 11th at about noon, a Suffolk County Park Ranger who was patrolling Smith Point was on the outer beach between cut 1 and cut 2 was was notified that a person was in distress in the water. Fire Rescue officials were also notified and activated the Mastic Beach FD, along …
A 31-year-old swimmer drowned in the ocean off Montauk when he went into the water with three other people, East Hampton police said Wednesday. Mr. Kitburi, Ms. Jensen, and Ms. Turner had been swimming for only a few minutes before they were 'quickly pulled to deeper water and se…
Per East Hampton PD, The body of Byron Dong Ha Kim was found Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean off Amagansett, about a half-mile east of where he was last seen swimming with friends near a Napeague resort at midday Tuesday. He was 23 and lived in Brooklyn.
Maximum sustained wind of 50 mph were measured at a mesonet near East Moriches at 331 pm LST, 50 mph at the Shinnecock Inlet Light station mesonet at a height of 40 ft at 321 pm LST, and 45 mph at a mesonet at Fireplace Neck on the south shore of Brookhaven at 130 pm LST. The Shi…
Timothy Allen Osborne, 46, of Singapore drowned at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village on Saturday. Police said they responded to a call that two swimmers were in distress at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village at 12:31 p.m. on Saturday. Police said one of the swimmers, an unid…
The body of a missing swimmer was found by park rangers and the US Coast Guard in the area of Smith Point Park. According to Suffolk County officials, the teenager and his girlfriend were swimming on Sunday after lifeguards went home for the evening, and the man became caught in …
Tom Surdyke, 18, from Missouri died on Tuesday night June 28, after fighting for his life at Stony Brook Hospital. The West Point cadet was pulled, unresponsive, from the ocean at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village on Friday afternoon June 24th. Mr. Surdyke was a cadet at West …
Newsday reported that a 27-year-old East Hampton man was killed when he lost control of his 2002 Chevy TrailBlazer because of icy road conditions and hit a bus head-on at the intersection of Montauk Highway and Windmill Lane in Water Mill, police said.
On Saturday, August 1, a 23-year-old Brooklyn man drowned off the waters of Westhampton Beach. Westhampton Beach Village Police received a call about 1:40 p.m. reporting a man who was struggling to leave the waters off Rogers Beach. Four village lifeguards pulled the man from the…
ASOS observations at Westhamphon Beach (KFOK) indicate that blizzard conditions were met for at least 3 consecutive hours. Snow began at 1:45 pm on February 8. Spotters reported an average snowfall of 6 inches by 10:00 pm. Total snowfall ranged from 10.3 inches in Shirley near th…
Coastal communities along Southeast Suffolk County experienced 2 to 3 successive tidal cycles with at least moderate coastal flooding, with 2 of those tidal cycles well above major flood thresholds. The peak of this surge occurred Monday Night as Sandy made landfall in Southern N…
A Mastic Beach woman was struck and killed on Wednesday 1/26 by a pickup truck plowing a Center Moriches bus company parking lot.
Southerly winds and long period ocean swells produced dangerous rip currents on Sunday August 8th along the south shores of Suffolk and Nassau Counties. Surf observations from Suffolk County beaches reported moderate rip currents, with a few reports of occasionally strong rip cur…
At around 1 pm, a 26 year old Male and a 31 year old Male deceased at Cupsogue Beach, Westhampton, NY due to rip currents. Both were from Brooklyn and described as inexperienced swimmers. They were non-English speaking and were outside lifeguard protected areas.
Newsday reports that ice-coated roadways caused dozens of motor-vehicle accidents and filled hospital emergency rooms with weather-related injuries. In a two-hour span, Suffolk reported 600 ambulance calls. There were at least 250 vehicle crashes and also 300 calls for help, whic…
The USGS tidal gauge in Moriches at Moriches Bay recorded a peak water level of 5.4 ft. MLLW at 530 am EST, which is the moderate coastal flood threshold. Numerous properties experienced 1 to 2 feet of inundation along Dune Rd. in Westhampton Beach. In Eastport, South Bay Avenue …
The Hamptons suffered the worst beach erosion in 20 years according to Suffolk County officials as waves up to 20 ft battered the shoreline. The Hamptons are estimated to have suffered at least 30 million dollars in property damage.
Severe beach erosion occurred along with cuts into the dunes across the Atlantic Ocean facing shoreline. The surf carved into the dunes in front of the pavilion at Smith Point County Park. In parts of East Hampton, Bridgehampton, and Quogue, as much as 50 ft. of dunes was eaten a…
Widespread beach erosion, some significant, along with coastal flooding occurred across parts of Long Island's south fork. A dock at Maidstone Harbor Marina in East Hampton's Three Mile Harbor was completely submerged an hour after high tide.
Blizzard Blizzard
Frequent wind gusts of over 50 mph with Shirley ASOS reporting a 52 mph gust at 2:44 am, Montauk ASOS reporting a 54 mph gust at 5:42 am, and New York State mesonet reporting a 69 mph gust in Southold at 6:40 am, along with frequent visibilities of a quarter mile or less were rep…
High Wind High Wind
A measured high wind gust of 84 mph was recorded at 330 AM Local Standard Time at a mesonet station located at Montauk Point, sited at an elevation of 55 feet above ground level and 125 feet above sea level. In addition, a measured wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at mesonet site…
Winter Storm Winter Storm
A cooperative observer reported 6.0 inches in Bridgehampton. The public reported 8.4 inches in Montauk, and 5.0 inches at 1 N Remsenburg-Speonk. The public also reported 4.5 inches in Sag Harbor. Amounts dropped off once west of the southern fork with a general 2 to 5 inches repo…
Winter Storm Winter Storm
The public reported 11.5 inches at 2 ENE Shinnecock Hills and 11.2 inches at 3 ENE Sag Harbor. The following subsequent snowfall observations were reported; 11.4 inches in 2 E Flanders, 11.0 inches in 1 SSE Hampton Bays, and 8.6 inches in Center Moriches. Average snowfall amounts…
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
A trained spotter reported 6.3 inches at 1 NNE Manorville. The public reported 6.1 inches at 1 NNW Remsemburg-Speonk. Cocorahs reported 5.9 inches in Center Moriches and a cooperative observer reported 5.9 inches in Bridgehampton.
High Wind High Wind
Multiple high wind gusts were measured across the area, including 59 mph at ASOS station KHWV - Shirley Airport at 954 AM, 59 mph at mesonet station XMOR - East Moriches Campground at 1000 AM, 60 mph at mesonet station EW4378 - Brookhaven at 1000 AM, and 61 mph at mesonet station…
High Wind High Wind
There were multiple reports of downed trees or limbs in the area, including a NWS Employee reporting a large downed tree branch on Montauk Highway in Remsenburg-Speonk at 1005 AM Local Standard Time, and a trained spotter reporting a large tree down on Montauk Highway in Bridgeha…
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Cocorahs reported 8.3 inches at Center Moriches and the public reported 8.2 inches at 1 NNE Center Moriches. The public reported 8.0 inches at 1 NNW Remsenburg-Speonk, 5.8 inches at 3 ENE Sag Harbor. An NWS Employee reported 5.1 inches at 1 SE East Quogue.
High Wind High Wind
A measured high wind gust of 61 mph at 238 PM Local Standard Time at Eatons Neck Lighthouse at an elevation of 71 feet above ground.
High Wind High Wind
A measured wind gust of 58 mph was recorded by ASOS station KMTP, Montauk Airport, located in Montauk, NY, at 723 PM Local Standard Time.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Multiple instances of trees were reported down by an NWS Employee, the department of highways, and broadcast media. Media reported an uprooted tree taking down power lines on Moriches Avenue in Mastic at approximately 200 AM Local Standard Time. The Department of Highways reporte…
High Wind High Wind
At 345 AM Local Standard Time, a measured high wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at ASOS station KMTP, Montauk Airport, located in Montauk, NY.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 3 to 4 inches of snow fell across the zone before the snow mixed and changed to mixed precipitation and light rain and drizzle during the overnight before briefly ending as some light snow early in the morning. NWS employees reported 3.4 inches in Patchogue and 3.6 inch…
High Wind High Wind
The NY Department of Highways reported a downed tree on NY 27 eastbound in the area of Spring Close Highway in East Hampton at 127 PM Local Standard Time.
High Wind High Wind
Multiple instances of high winds were measured by mesonet stations from the afternoon of April 3, 2024 through the early morning of April 4, 2024. These include a sustained wind of 43 mph at 141 PM April 3rd and a wind gust of 62 mph at 706 PM April 3rd at Shinnecock, NY, a wind …
High Wind High Wind
At 1212 PM Local Standard Time, a measured high wind gust of 58 mph occurred at ASOS station KHWV, Brookhaven Calabro Airport, in Shirley, NY.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
A general 2 to 5 inches of snow fell across Southeastern Suffolk County. A band of heavy snow just missed Southeastern Suffolk to the south and west. A portion of the band barely scraped far southwestern parts of the zone. The public reported 5.3 inches in Shirley, 4.5 inches in …
Winter Weather Winter Weather
A wet snowfall accumulated across Southeastern Suffolk County. The snow initially began as rain and a wintry mix. Snow accumulated mainly between 2 and 5 inches, with average snow amounts falling below warning criteria. Some snow amounts were as follows; 3.5 inches in Mastic and …
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
Moderate coastal flooding occurred at at the East Moriches USGS tidal gauge, with water levels above the moderate threshold of 5.3 ft MLLW from 954 AM EST to 1106 AM EST, and a peak water level of 5.4 ft MLLW at 1100 AM EST. Moderate coastal flooding occurred at the Ponquoque Inl…
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
Widespread moderate to major coastal flooding occurred for several hours: Major coastal flooding occurred at the East Moriches USGS tidal gauge, with water levels above the major threshold of 6.3 ft MLLW from 636 AM EST to 754 AM EST, and a peak water level of 6.4 ft MLLW at 700 …
High Wind High Wind
A measured high wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at ASOS reporting station KHWV, Shirley Airport in Shirley, NY at 1238 AM Local Standard Time on January 10, 2024. A measured high wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at a mesonet station in Shinnecock, NY at 136 AM Local Standard Tim…
High Wind High Wind
A measured wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at a mesonet station located in Shinnecock, NY at 726 AM Local Standard Time.
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
Moderate coastal flooding and major beach erosion occurred along the south shore of SE Suffolk: At the East Moriches USGS tidal gauge, moderate coastal flooding of 5.3 ft MLLW or more occurred from 1130 AM EST to 230 PM EST, with a peak water level of 5.7 ft MLLW from 142 PM EST …
Winter Weather Winter Weather
A COOP observer reported 4.4 inches in Bridgehampton along with a public report 4.5 inches in Shirley.
High Wind High Wind
NY Department of Highways reported a downed tree blocking the entrance ramp of County Road 39 / North Road near Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays, New York at 630 AM Local Standard Time.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Freezing Rain of 0.15 inches was reported by the Shirley, Brookhaven ASOS.
High Wind High Wind
A high wind gust of 66 mph was recorded at a mesonet station located in East Moriches, NY at 435 AM Local Standard Time.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14 | 0 |
| 2015 | 9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 |
| 2010 | 14 | 0 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| 2005 | 13 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
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