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Final rain total for the event here is 2.71”

Strongest winds I could find recently along the south shore were 50 mph at Shinnecock inlet. Winds appear to have lessened at places further west along the shore.

Still seeing wind gusts of 50 - 60 mph along the barrier beaches of the south shore.

I am amazed that I have been able to get current reports from Fire Island tonight. In any case the models did project these winds along the shore with this event.

Update- wind gust to 66 mph at Ocean Beach in the last 10 minutes. Smith Point Bridge 59 mph

Already happening along the south shore.

Update on the strong winds along the south shore Point of Woods 51 mph Cherry Grove 56 mph Ocean Beach 61 mph

Wind gust to 33 mph in the past 15 minutes from the WNW. Temp down to 53. Storm total up to 2.64”

Winds had been relatively light here during the past hour however they have just started to really increase from the west and NW. Just had a gust to 24 mph from the west.

Strong winds continue along the south shore. 42 mph recently at both Sayville and Babylon along the water.

Event total now up to 2.36” and still raining here in Bethlehem. Getting road closures in my area due to flooding. Model projections of 2 - 4” across northern NJ, eastern NY, and New England look good to me.

No.

Many reports of wind gusts over 40 mph on the south shore barrier beaches now. 41 mph at Fire Island light and 52 mph at Ocean Beach.

I thought the same as you two hours ago. Now I am almost at 2”. This event is delivering.

I have picked up 0.42” of an inch in the past 15 minutes to bring my event total up to 1.82”.

Event total now up to 1.40”

Recent gust to 45 mph at Smith Point Bridge.

41 mph at Ocean Beach on Fire Island in the last 10 minutes.

0.77” on the day so far. It looks like we will be good for about an inch out here with this event.

Light to moderate rain here. 0.36” so far with the event.

This is another view of this waterspout as taken from Cherry Grove.

Did they decide where he was going to do his live shots from?

There has been a lot of talk about the hype regarding this storm. One of the things that I like to track is when it actually dawns on the populace down in S Florida that this threat is for real. I measure that by looking at the traffic apps showing highway speed conditions. In other storms I have seen those interstates backed up for hundreds of miles as people flee the storm. So far I have not seen any sign of the expected mass exodus on the highways down there. My thinking is that the West Palm Beach area is at the greatest risk of a direct hit early next week. If you or your friends or family are even considering leaving the area ahead of the storm I would not wait too much longer. My two cents anyways.

NWS Upton LSR: PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1133 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2019 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0834 PM TSTM WND DMG ROSELLE PARK 40.67N 74.27W 08/22/2019 UNION NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT TREE AND WIRES DOWN AT 9TH AVE AND 10TH ST. 0839 PM TSTM WND GST TRIBECA 40.72N 74.01W 08/22/2019 M58 MPH NEW YORK NY MESONET 0839 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 SSW BATTERY PARK 40.70N 74.01W 08/22/2019 M58 MPH ANZ338 NY MESONET 0853 PM MARINE TSTM WIND BREEZY POINT 40.55N 73.93W 08/22/2019 M42 MPH QUEENS NY WXFLOW 0900 PM MARINE TSTM WIND CITY ISLAND 40.87N 73.79W 08/22/2019 M40 MPH BRONX NY WXFLOW 0913 PM TSTM WND GST WANTAGH 40.67N 73.51W 08/22/2019 M61 MPH NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER LARGES BRANCHES DOWN. 0915 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 SE POINT LOOKOUT 40.57N 73.56W 08/22/2019 M51 MPH ANZ355 NY WXFLOW 0925 PM TSTM WND DMG WANTAGH 40.67N 73.51W 08/22/2019 NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER TREE DOWN ACROSS WANTAGH PARKWAY. 0930 PM MARINE TSTM WIND OAK BEACH 40.64N 73.29W 08/22/2019 M52 MPH SUFFOLK NY WXFLOW 0934 PM TSTM WND GST 1 ESE BABYLON 40.69N 73.31W 08/22/2019 M60 MPH SUFFOLK NY MESONET 0940 PM TSTM WND GST BRENTWOOD 40.78N 73.25W 08/22/2019 E61 MPH SUFFOLK NY PUBLIC 0942 PM MARINE TSTM WIND FIRE ISLAND CG 40.62N 73.26W 08/22/2019 M40 MPH SUFFOLK NY WXFLOW 0943 PM TSTM WND DMG BAY SHORE 40.73N 73.25W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY NWS EMPLOYEE NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN AROUND TOWN. 0945 PM TSTM WND DMG ISLIP 40.73N 73.22W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY PUBLIC LARGE TREE DOWN ON GRAND BLVD. 0945 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 S AMITY HARBOR 40.65N 73.40W 08/22/2019 M48 MPH ANZ345 NY WXFLOW 0953 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S LAKE RONKONKOMA 40.82N 73.11W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY MPING 3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN, POWER POLES SNAPPED 0955 PM MARINE TSTM WIND BLUE POINT 40.73N 73.03W 08/22/2019 M45 MPH SUFFOLK NY WXFLOW 1000 PM TSTM WND DMG RONKONKOMA 40.80N 73.12W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE TREE LIMBS RIPPED OFF TREE NEAR MICHAEL MURPHY PARK. 1005 PM TSTM WND DMG AMITYVILLE 40.67N 73.42W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY SOCIAL MEDIA TREE DOWN. OUTDOOR FURNITURE DAMAGE. 1014 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH BABYLON 40.72N 73.32W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY SOCIAL MEDIA TREES DOWN DEER PARK AVE. 1016 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH LINDENHURST 40.71N 73.38W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY SOCIAL MEDIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON COPIAGUE RD. 1112 PM TSTM WND DMG SHELTER ISLAND 41.08N 72.34W 08/22/2019 SUFFOLK NY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE TREES AND WIRES DOWN THROUGOUT ISLAND.

I can’t rule out a tornado however there is a very large area of wind damage and resulting power outages on the island right now. I think that this is mostly the result of straight line wind damage.