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Tropical Storm — Northeast Suffolk, New York

August 4, 2020 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Northeast Suffolk

Event narrative (NOAA)

A CWOP station at Orient measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph at 417 pm LST, 59 mph at the NYS mesonet station at Southold at 340 pm LST, 59 mph at a WeatherFlow station at Sinai Harbor at 123 pm LST, and 58 mph at a WeatherFlow station at Fishers Island Airport at 430 pm LST.||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 highest storm surge did not coincide with high tide and was during a period of low astronomical tides.

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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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