Public Information Statement - Official New York State 24 Hour Precipitation Record

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1107 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2014

...PRELIMINARY NEW YORK STATE 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD NOW
OFFICIAL AT ISLIP MACARTHUR AIRPORT...

AN OFFICIAL NEW YORK STATE 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET
AT ISLIP MACARTHUR AIRPORT ON AUGUST 12-13 2014. THE TOTAL 24 HOUR
PRECIPITATION FOR THIS DATE WAS 13.57 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE
PREVIOUS NEW YORK STATE RECORD OF 11.6 INCHES AT TANNERSVILLE NY
ON AUGUST 27-28 2011 DURING HURRICANE/TROPCIAL STORM IRENE.

AFTER ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION...AN UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATION OF 14.1+
INCHES WAS REPORTED IN JULY 17-18 1942 AT WELLSVILLE NY. THIS
OBSERVATION WAS NOT MADE BY AN OFFICIAL OBSERVER USING PURPOSE-
BUILT EQUIPMENT; IT WAS A BUCKET-VALUE CONVERTED TO INCHES. LITTLE
OFFICIAL RECORD EXISTS BEYOND AN APPENDIX OF A U.S. WEATHER BUREAU
REPORT ON THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT...WHICH NOTED THE CATCH PAN MAY
HAVE BEEN INUNDATED BY A CREEK FLOOD. THIS EVENT MAY WARRANT
FUTURE CONSIDERATION...BUT IS NOT CURRENTLY CONSIDERED A
LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE FOR THE RECORD.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AUGUST 12-13 2014 HISTORIC FLOODING
EVENT...PLEASE SEE /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OKX/HISTORICFLOODING_081314

THE OFFICIAL RECORD CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA
CENTER WEBSITE AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/EXTREMES/SCEC/RECORDS

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