Event Summary

Heavy showers and thunderstorms produced flash flooding along many major roads, which resulted in road closures. The most significant flooding occurred along the Deegan and Cross Bronx Expressways, about 2 miles west of East Tremont in the Bronx; along Northern Blvd. of Jackson Heights in Queens; and along the railroad train tracks, Wantagh Ave. and North Jerusalem Road in Wantagh, where up to 3 feet of water submerged cars. Significant flooding, which resulted in road closures, also occurred in Yaphank. Up to 2.20 inches of rain was measured in Lake Grove.