Event Summary

Narrative

A slow moving cold front that crossed the Tri-State on the 15th produced some severe thunderstorms across portions of the New York City Metro Area, Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley, including a microburst in Southern Westchester County. A wind gust of 71 mph was measured at Cardinal Spellman High School. Large tree limbs were reported down on Baychester Avenue, near Bussing Avenue. The Bronx River Pkwy was closed at E. 233rd St. in Woodlawn due to flooding. New York City Office of Emergency Management reported that all lanes were flooded on the Henry Hudson Bridge between Manhattan and The Bronx.

Description

Thunderstorms
Flash Flooding
8/15/2008 04:42 PM
8/15/2008 10:42 PM

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