Southern Nassau storm history

At the NYS Mesonet at Wantagh, a maximum sustained wind of 43 mph was recorded at 1240 pm, and a peak wind gust of 68 mph was recorded at 110pm LST. A 44 mph maximum sustained wind gust was recorded at an AWS station in Freeport at 105 pm LST. These type of winds across the area …

A young man drowned and five of his friends had to be rescued from dangerous rip currents in the water off Long Beach Thursday around 7 p.m. The group of six young adults went swimming in the waters off Long Beach and soon had to be rescued by nearby good Samaritans. Lifeguards a…

A 31 yr old was reported missing off the waters of Long Beach after four friends took a late night swim in the dark waters. They called the Coast Guard in Jones Beach at 2 a.m. to report their 31-year-old friend was missing. Crews from multiple agencies, including searchers on a …

A 10-year old boy drowned after being pulled out by a rip current along one of the jetties near Ocean Beach Park off Edwards Boulevardin Long Beach around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. The boy, Ramell McRae, and his slightly older 11-year-old brother, Jaquan McRae, were in the waters a…

One Brooklyn man drowned and another was rescued while swimming at Long Beach on the evening of Monday, August 29th. The men had been swimming in the ocean without a lifeguard on duty, when an emergency call came in at 6:26 p.m. Lifeguards and first responders performed CPR on on…

The public and trained spotters reported snowfall ranging from 20 to 30 inches. Also, the Jones Beach Coast Guard station reported sustained northeast winds of 37 mph at 10:50 AM Saturday January 23rd.

On Saturday, August 1, a young man from Brooklyn drowned when he was caught in a riptide in Long Beach. Two swimmers were spotted having a tough time in the water amid strong rip currents at around 6:30 p.m. near the Allegria Hotel. One of the swimmers was rescued, but the other,…

A 7 month old boy died of heat exposure. He was left in a car. The outside air temperature was 85 degrees at the time at Farmingdale airport, but the car temperature was around 119 degrees.

A wind gust up to 80 mph was reported by the coast guard near Point Lookout at 750 pm. A wind gust of 79 mph was reported near Lido Beach at 615 pm. On November 8th, a male was struck and killed by a car as he crossed the street. The traffic lights were out due to the loss of pow…

An Oceanside man died of a heart attack while shoveling snow Monday, December 27th.

Newsday reports that ice-coated roadways caused dozens of motor-vehicle accidents and filled hospital emergency rooms with weather-related injuries. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 129 patients were transported to area hospitals, 61 of them by Nassau County police ambulance and 68 by fire…

Cocorahs observers reported 4.1 inches at 0.5 SE Malverne and at Massapequa Park, 3.5 inches at 0.4 SE Seaford, and 4.0 inches in Bellmore. Amateur radio reported 4.1 inches in Massapequa. The public reported 5.0 inches in Farmingdale, and 3.5 inches at 1 WSW Plainview. A trained…

Trained spotters reported 8.0 inches at 2 SSE Plainedge and 6.2 inches in Bellmore. Broadcast media reported 6.1 inches in South Merrick. The public reported 7.0 inches at 1 NNW East Massapequa and 6.2 inches in West Hempstead and 5.8 inches at 1 S South Massapequa.

Generally 3 to 4 inches of snow fell across the zone with a change to light freezing rain and drizzle during the overnight after the burst of snow on the front end. Trained spotters reported 3.2 inches at 1 SE Malverne and 2.8 inches in Merrick. Cocorahs observers reported 3.2 in…

NWS Employees reported 2.5 inches at 1 E East Meadown, 2.4 inches in East Meadow, with Cocorahs observers reporting 2.3 inches in Massapequa and 2.1 inches in Bellmore. The public reported 3.0 inches in Massapequa, 3.2 and 3.0 inches in Plainview, and 3.0 inches in Farmingdale. M…

A band of heavy snow got into the far southern portion of Nassau County. The zone was on the far northern edge of the moderate to heavy snow band. However, most of the zone fell short of warning criteria from a coverage perspective. This is based on reports and radar reflectivity…

A wet snow accumulated across Southern Nassau County, with amounts averaging under warning criteria. Amounts were right around 4 to 5 inches across northern sections of the zone, with amounts closer to 3 inches across the immediate south shore. Some totals included: 5.3 inches at…

Major coastal flooding occurred at the Freeport USGS tidal gauge, with water levels above the major threshold of 7.2 ft MLLW from 836 AM EST to 1054 AM EST, and a peak water level of 7.8 ft MLLW from 936 AM EST to 1012 AM EST. Moderate coastal flooding above the threshold of 6.5 …

Widespread moderate to locally major coastal flooding occurred along the south shore back bays: Major coastal flooding occurred at the Freeport USGS tidal gauge, with water levels above the major threshold of 7.2 ft MLLW from 542 AM EST to 800 AM EST, and a peak water level of 7.…

The Department of Highways reported a downed tree on Southern State Parkway westbound between Exit 20S and Exit 19N in Hempstead, NY at 1013 PM Local Standard Time.

Multiple damage reports included a downed tree blocking the Route 135 northbound exit 6 ramp in Plainedge, NY, at 450 AM Local Standard Time, as reported by the Department of Highways, as well as a power pole down, estimated to occur at around 500 AM Local Standard Time on the ro…

Moderate to locally major coastal flooding occurred along the south shore of Nassau: At the Freeport USGS tidal gauge, major floooding of 7.2 ft MLLW occurred at 1236 PM EST. Moderate flooding of 6.5 ft MLLW or more occurred from 1036 AM EST to 130 PM EST. At the Reynolds Channel…

A Cocorahs observer reported 3.5 inches at 0.2 SSE Albertson along the northern edge of the zone, and 1.0 inches in Wantagh. A trained spotter reported 2.1 inches further north in New Hyde Park. Mainly 1 to 2 inches fell across Southern Nassau as temperatures were mainly just abo…

A trained spotter reported a downed light pole on Devonshire Drive in Garden City Park, NY at 445 PM Local Standard Time.

Broadcast media, trained spotters, and an NWS Employee reported snowfall of around 3 inches. Broadcast media reported 3.0 inches in Roosevelt and a trained spotter reported 3.0 inches at 1 NNE Massapequa.

Near blizzard conditions occurred across Southern Nassau. There were numerous reports of a foot or more of snow. An NWS employee reported 14.9 inches in East Meadow, and Cocorahs reported 16.0 inches in Massapequa. Trained spotters reported 13.0 inches in Merrick, 12.1 inches in …

Numerous trained spotter reports came in ranging from 5.5 to 7.7 inches. The 7.7 inch report was from Merrick along the south shore. Numerous reports of over 6 inches came in closer to the water along the south shore which included Baldwin, Seaford, and Massapequa which were both…

Broadcast media reported that a tree fell onto a house at 915 PM Local Standard Time in East Massapequa, NY.

A mesonet station at Jones Beach NY recorded a maximum sustained wind of 41 mph and 47 mph gust at 833 am LST. Peak winds generally ranged from 30 to 35 mph with gusts to 40 mph across the area. These winds combined with saturated grounds resulted in widely scattered downed trees…

Trained spotters and the public reported 4 to 6 inches of snow. An NWS Employee also reported a trace of freezing rain in Plainview.

Amateur radio reported 8.0 inches of snow in New Hyde Park. A trained spotter in Malverne reported 7.0 inches of snow. CoCoRaHS observers 1 mile east of Searingtown and 1 mile south of Plainview reported 6.0 inches of snow.

Trained spotters and the public reported 10 to 15 inches of snow. The Wantagh New York State Mesonet Station measured a 50 mph wind gust at 6:05 pm on February 1, 2021.

A CoCoRaHS observer measured 7.6 inches of snow 1 mile east of Searingtown, NY. An NWS Employee in East Meadow measured 6.2 inches of snow. Trained spotters and the public reported 5 to 8 inches of snow. Much of this snow fell before a brief changeover to a mix of rain and sleet.…

A peak water level of 6.3 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport from 2020-11-15 20:06 EST to 2020-11-15 20:36 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2020-11-15 19:48 EST to 2020-11-15 20:48 EST.

A peak water level of 6.4 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport at 2020-10-30 07:30 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW at Freeport was exceeded from 2020-10-30 07:00 EST to 2020-10-30 08:06 EST. Also, a peak water level of 6.7 ft…

The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was touched at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport from 2020-05-08 20:54 EST to 2020-05-08 21:12 EST.

The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was touched at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport from 2020-05-07 20:00 EST to 2020-05-07 20:12 EST.

Law enforcement reported a tree down on Southern State Parkway westbound between exits 18 and 17 in Hempstead at 137 pm. In Levittown, the fire department reported a telephone pole was knocked down on to wires on Oriole Road and Hempstead Turnpike around 147 pm. Law enforcement r…

A mesonet station in Uniondale measured a 51 mph wind gust at 110 pm. In Merrick, another mesonet station measured a 50 mph wind gust at 140 pm.

A peak water level of 6.3 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport from 2019-11-18 11:48 EST to 2019-11-18 12:30 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-11-18 11:30 EST to 2019-11-18 12:42 EST.

A peak water level of 6.3 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport from 2019-10-29 08:12 EST to 2019-10-29 08:54 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-29 07:54 EST to 2019-10-29 09:06 EST.

A peak water level of 6.3 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport at 2019-10-27 07:00 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-27 06:36 EST to 2019-10-27 07:24 EST.

At 750 pm, social media reported a tree snapped and had fallen on a fence in Massapequa Park. At 8 pm, a trained spotter reported a tree snapped and was uprooted in Garden City.

A peak water level of 6.5 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport at 2019-10-16 21:12 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-16 20:42 EST to 2019-10-16 21:48 EST.

A peak water level of 6.4 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport from 2019-10-11 06:18 EST to 2019-10-11 07:00 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-11 05:48 EST to 2019-10-11 07:24 EST.

A peak water level of 6.8 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport at 2019-10-11 19:06 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-11 17:18 EST to 2019-10-11 20:06 EST. A peak water level of 7.0 ft MLLW occurred at …

A peak water level of 6.8 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport at 2019-10-10 17:54 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-10 16:24 EST to 2019-10-10 19:24 EST. A peak water level of 7.0 ft MLLW occurred at …

Trained spotters reported 2 to 3 inches of snow.

CoCoRaHS, Broadcast Media, and the public reported 2 to 4 inches of snow.

Snow squalls quickly moved through bringing whiteout conditions, strong winds, and dangerous driving conditions. The public measured 0.9 inches of snow nearby Manhasset Hills.