Event Summary

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 Verrazano 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.