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Tropical StormSouthwest Suffolk, New York

August 4, 2020 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Southwest Suffolk

Event narrative (NOAA)

The Farmingdale Airport ASOS reported a maximum sustained wind of 53 mph at 1247 pm LST and a peak wind gust of 78 mph at 1246 pm LST. The Islip MacArthur Airport ASOS reported a maximum sustained wind of 49 mph at 136 pm LST and a peak wind gust of 69 mph at 320 pm LST. ||In addition, peak wind gusts of 75 mph were measured at the WeatherFlow station in the Great South Bay at 1243pm LST, 69 mph at the CWOP station at West Gilgo Beach at 100pm LST, 68 mph at the Fire Island Coast Guard station at 144pm, and 65 mph at the WeatherFlow station at Blue Point at 158pm.||These type of winds across the area resulted in numerous trees and tree limbs being downed, power outages, damages to homes and automobiles, and disruption to mass transit. ||There were no reports of coastal flooding as the hig

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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