Tornado Warning for SW Nassau - 4:03PM

[Matt Molnar]

TORNADO WARNING
NYC059-112030-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0005.071011T2003Z-071011T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
403 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

* AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH
OF ATLANTIC BEACH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF LONG BEACH...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ATLANTIC BEACH...LONG BEACH...CEDARHURST AND WOODMERE BY 430 PM...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4073 7373 4074 7370 4071 7354 4062 7356
4062 7361 4061 7356 4058 7357 4058 7372
4059 7373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 182DEG 21KT 4043 7371

$$

MPS





Flood Statement

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
352 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2007

NYC059-081-112245-
352 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 352 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWING AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OCEAN...TRACKING NORTH TOWARDS THE SOUTH
SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND QUEENS. RAINFALL RATES ASSOCIATED WITH WITH
THESE STORMS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...RESULTING IN
FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES...OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

LAT...LON 4062 7381 4062 7378 4064 7381 4077 7378
4081 7353 4063 7354 4062 7361 4061 7356
4059 7354 4058 7382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 184DEG 26KT 4051 7371

$$

MPS

[hiss srq]

Shi9t on a stick no one is home with my diog rigth now in Long Beach.

[hiss srq]

Flooding is real bad in Long Beach. My sister left class to go home and ensure my dog is okay and says the bay came up over the dock onto the yard and onto roads etc etc... I am probably going to leave in daylight to go home or shortly there after though it appears to be nothing more than a strong storm. I have no0t looked at weather computers past a basic radar image so far.

[Gerard]

>though it appears to be nothing more than a strong storm.<

Lol, "Nothing more"? What a nasty sob storm. I got off the LIRR at Hicksville at 5:35 and
basically the sky EXPLODED!!! Twice I had to pull over because of the heavy rain and also had
to detour because of flooding and a downed tree. Then I get home and we have no power. Typing
this by candlelight. My son was coming in from Manhattan and the LIRR had suspended service
because of high water in Mineola. With all the crazy warm weather we have had lately it usually
ends like this when a cold front moves through. Already it feels nicer and two LIPA trucks just
drove down my street so maybe I'll get to see "Ugly Betty" after all. LOL!!

[Smartass Flyboy]

>though it appears to be nothing more than a strong storm.<

Lol, "Nothing more"? What a nasty sob storm. I got off the LIRR at Hicksville at 5:35 and
basically the sky EXPLODED!!!

Tell me about it. Could here it inside Ikea and inside the book store in the mall. Couldn't even get back across the street to pick up the car at Sears until almost 7. By that time the Nortern State had flooded and closed causing Broadway to back up almost back to the mall. Heading east the back up due closed westbound Northern State went back to Minetto Hill Rd.

[PhilDernerJr]

I didn't have an umbrella on me yesterday, as it wasn't raining when I left the house.

It started coming down mid afternoon, and I figured the hard part would let up a bit by the time I left work. I was wrong.

I never got so drenched in my life.

[Matt Molnar]

I was able to wait it out at work. When I got off the N at Astoria Blvd, I noticed the GCP was blocked off by police cars. Accident I thought. Then I looked down and noticed the road, which dips a little go under 31st St, was covered by 3 or 4 feet of water. :shock:

Traffic to the Triborough Bridge was forced to get off at 31st St, wait for the light, then use the one-lane street entrance to the bridge. Glad I wasn't sitting in that mess.

[hiss srq]

When I finally made it home from LGA around 0230 this morning it was almost entirely dry on the roads. I got home and it opened up again for a bit. Back to work now and buuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrr.