wind and rain threat 10/7

[Snow_Miser]

0.55" of rain here. Nothing impressive.

[Isotherm]

0.43" here, meh.

[psv88]

0.25 in nw nassau.

[uofmiami]

Only .18 in NE Nassau county (Muttontown). We'll see if the end of the week brings needed precip or the dry weather continues.

[Weathergun]

We didn't see as much rainfall as expected yesterday, because the front move through faster and left most of Karen's remnants behind.

[NorthShoreWx]

A paltry 0.07" of rain here yesterday.  Most of that came in a 1 minute barrage of wind and rain.

[snywx]

1.16" of rain yesterday..

[IrishRob17]

.39" IMBY

[Santa Claus]

Got crushed in eastern/central Hunterdon county, around Flemington.  Torrential rains and very high winds.  Probably at least an inch of rain for the whole day.  Brief flash flooding on the roads after the main line rolled through.  A few trees lost some arms.

[bluewave]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
609 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2013

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR PARAMUS IN BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY...

LOCATION...PARAMUS IN BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY
DATE...OCTOBER 7 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...316 PM - 318 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1.25 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.9317N / 74.0926 W
ENDING LAT/LON...40.9459 N / 74.0779 W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR PARAMUS IN BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY ON OCTOBER
7 2013.

BASED ON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DATA...A STORM SURVEY AND INFORMATION
FROM THE LOCAL MEDIA...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED AN EF1
TORNADO ACROSS CENTRAL BERGEN COUNTY.

AS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHEAST...A PORTION OF
THE LINE ACCELERATED AND PRODUCED A WEAK TORNADO AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST ACROSS BERGEN COUNTY.

BOTH RADAR AND OBSERVED DAMAGE PATTERNS SHOWED ROTATION NEAR AND
AT GROUND LEVELS. COUPLED WITH EYEWITNESS REPORTS OF A TORNADO...A
TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PARAMUS AND
CENTURY ROADS AND IN THE PARAMUS GOLF AND RIDGEWOOD COUNTRY
CLUBS...WHERE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.

SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN
SPOTTER VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FOR BERGEN COUNTY...AND TO THE
BERGEN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR PERFORMING THIS
PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY. ADDITIONAL THANKS GOES TO OUR LOCAL TOWN
EMERGENCY COORDINATORS AND OUR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR ASSISTING
IN THIS CONFIRMATION.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NYC.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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