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JFK has to have over 3 inches now lol I saw a report of nearly 8" near Allentown, have you seen figures like that, Don?

nearly constant lightning now

report of nearly 8 inches near and just to the east of Allentown.....do you have any numbers in that range?

an advantage of living on long island, we usually avoid all this Oklahoma type weather stuff

Yeah I dont think I remember any EF3 or higher tornadoes in the area before this summer.

You're right....in the old days they'd keep the roof open to equalize the pressure differences.

Back in the old days people used to open up their windows and doors when tornadoes came, thinking they could equalize the pressure differences and prevent devastating damage.....

Historically speaking and regarding the severe weather aspect of this would you rank this higher than November 1989 and Labor Day 1998? Those are the only two I could compare the level of tornadic activity we are seeing compared to this event.

No but I thought it was comical that ABC returned to "regular programming" they should be covering this all night

On that trajectory it's headed towards Staten island and Manhattan. Lee Goldberg just said "We are in the middle of a historic unprecedented weather event".....2 minutes later he said "Now back to regular programming." LOL

Now there is..... interrupted programming on WABC 7

Wish this was happening during the day

They had one earlier in the summer that was an EF3, this may be similar

This is probably going to be another EF3 like the one earlier in the summer, heard reports of lots of roofs blown off

Do you have any idea how much rain might have fallen there already and how high the winds might be?

Rain is quickly expanding eastward now and it's getting windy. There is also talk of expanding the Tornado Watch north and east to include NYC and Long Island, we could all be in a 10% risk of tornadoes tonight!

They're talking about extending the Tornado Watch to include NYC and Long Island and extending it in duration too. We could all be at a 10% risk of tornadoes tonight.

The wind is picking up too. I saw that there's an isolated risk of tornadoes tonight for the entire area.

Yes and it will be long over by the time we wake up tomorrow morning and the sun will be out

Lee Goldberg just told people to shelter in place and don't go anywhere tonight. They should shut down all roads and highways to make sure everyone stays home and we don't need to have any water rescues like we did last time. No one should be allowed outside tonight period.

Lee Goldberg just told people to shelter in place and don't go anywhere tonight. They should shut down all roads and highways to make sure everyone stays home and we don't need to have any water rescues like we did last time. No one should be allowed outside tonight period.

How were Floyd and Lee up your way?

Don can you report on MPO and ABE also? Thanks!

Im not sure how correct that radar is, on the south shore of Nassau County we've been getting sporadic heavy tropical rains for 10-15 min each for the past hour and a half or so.

The last two real busts in my memory are January 2008 "Heavy Snow Warning" and of course, March 2001. I don't really remember January 2000 for some reason.....before March 2001, the one I remember most clearly was April 1997. Before that we have to go back before the modern era......February 1989 and December 1989. Both were extremely ugly misses here. We seem to get a vast majority of these misses during La Ninas.....have you noticed that too? For my most cherished positive memory bust it was a 30 hour snowfall which was just supposed to be a frontal passage and the front stalled just offshore and a storm formed along it and it just sat there and snowed in a very narrow band from Newark to Long Island, we got over 8 inches because it was wet snow during the day, and that was in February during the early 90s.