Power Outage in New City, NY

A maximum sustained winds of 42 mph was recorded at an elevation of 44 ft at Tappan Zee Light Station at 136 pm LST with a peak wind gust of 57 mph at 131 pm LST. A peak wind gust of 52 mph was recorded at the NYS mesonet in Suffern at 345pm LST. In addition, 1 to 3 inches of rainfall, highest west, were recorded across the county. These type of winds and rainfall across the area resulted in numerous trees and tree limbs being downed, power outages, damages to homes and automobiles, and disruption to transit.

Multiple reports of downed trees (and branches) and power lines in the town of Valley Cottage. Some locations include Milburn Court and Flower Lane, Kings Highway between Maple and Old Mill, and Old Mill and Boxberger.

At 651 am, a trained spotter reported a tree down at 9W and Treack Road in Nyack. In Tappan at 1117 am, the Department of Highways reported a tree down on the Palisades Parkway, southbound south of NY 303. The broadcast media reported a downed tree blocking Route 9 West at Main Street and Hastings Lane in Stony Point at 1220 pm. Later in the day, at 535 pm, broadcast media reported a tree down on a house and car on School street in Upper Nyack. Power was knocked out in the neighborhood.

A trained spotter reported power lines down due to the strong winds in West Nyack at 215 pm.

Several power lines were knocked down in Blauvelt due to strong wind gusts of around 50 mph around 1 pm. These power lines were knocked down near Bradley Parkway and North Greenbush Road.

Numerous trees were reported down on houses and power lines along Hoke Drive.

Widespread tree damage and power outages occurred due to 4 to 8 inches of heavy wet snow. The heavier amounts fell in the higher elevations. In New City, downed trees blocked lanes on route 304 at Bardonia and Germonds around 230 pm EST. Meanwhile, numerous trees and tree limbs were downed in Tallman and Pomona by 4 pm EST.

Utility poles and power lines were reported down in Clarkstown.

A few trees and power lines were reported down in New City.

Around a dozen trees and several power lines were reported down in New City, including across Route 304 and near Goebel Road.

Strong winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines. In Nyack, a tree knocked down a utility pole in the area of Flitt Street. A tractor trailer was overturned on the Tappan Zee Bridge due to the high winds around noon. Winds of 62 mph were reported at Westchester County Airport (KHPN) at 1:17 pm.

Strong winds combined with heavy rain downed numerous trees and power lines across Rockland County causing around a thousand power outages.

Multiple trees and power lines down in Orangetown.

Trees and power lines down in New City and Stony Point.

Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines.

Low pressure developed over the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic on Sunday, January 31, 2021. The low then consolidated along the Middle Atlantic coast early on Monday, February 1, 2021 and intensified as it slowly tracked to the north-northeast. The low meandered slowly north as it moved along the northeast and New England coast later on Monday February 1, 2021 through Wednesday, February 3, 2021. The low brought a major winter storm to Southeast New York, with the most significant impacts occurring on Monday, February 1, 2021. 3 to 6 inches of snow had already accumulated across the New York City metro by the start of the morning commute. Near blizzard conditions then occurred through the rest of the morning into the early afternoon with snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour. Strong winds combined with these heavy snow rates to produce visibilities one quarter mile or less at times. The heavier bands of snow lifted north across the rest of southeast New York in the afternoon. Some warmer air moved over portions of New York City and Long Island late on Monday, February 1, 2021, which change the snow to sleet and even some light rain early Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Colder air returned however later Tuesday, February 2, 2021, changing all lingering precipitation to light snow. Light snow bands lingered across some of Southeast New York through the early morning hours on February 3, 2021. Snowfall totals ranged from 4 to 10 inches across eastern Long Island, with the rest of southeast New York receiving 12 to 18 inches of snow. Portions of the Lower Hudson Valley observed 20 inches of snow with some locations observing around two feet. Winds gusted 40 to 55 mph at times on Monday, February 1, 2021, which caused power outages. Travel was also severely impacted as many flights were cancelled and travel by train was suspended. New York City issued a Winter Weather Emergency Declaration restricting all non-emergency travel on Monday, February 1, 2021. COVID testing and vaccination sites were closed. Impacts were limited on February 2, 2021 and February 3, 2021 as the snow was largely light.

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias' intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as its forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center of Isaias passed about 65 miles west of New York City at 3 pm on August 4, 2020. Tropical storm force winds extended well east of the center of circulation. The highest sustained wind speeds ranged from 35 to 55 mph, with gusts 60 to 80 mph, across Long Island, NYC and portions of the Lower Hudson Valley, resulting in widespread wind damage and power outages. ||A storm surge as high as 3 to 5 ft across the Lower NY Harbor and the south shore of western Long Island, occurred during low tide, which only resulted in localized minor coastal flood benchmarks being reached in these spots. Greater impacts were realized along the ocean beachfront from 8 to 12 ft surf causing significant beach erosion and flooding. Additionally, rough surf of 4 to 6 ft on far western Long Island Sound caused damage to marinas across��coastal Westchester County. ||Rainfall amounts of 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches were observed across the Lower Hudson Valley, highest amounts across western areas, with 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches observed across NYC, and generally less than an inch across Long Island.||One death resulted from the high winds:|A 60 yr old man was killed in the Briarwood section of Queens near the intersection of 84th Drive and 143rd Street near Smedley Street from a tree falling on his vehicle.||One injury resulted from the high winds:|A woman was critically injured when a falling tree branch hit her while walking on Dumont Avenue in Brownsville Brooklyn.||Preliminary damage cost estimates for Public Assistance are:|||The number of power outages statewide peaked around 920000 on August 4-5th, with many outages lasting several days to a week. The state lost around xx percent of their tree population.

The development of the blizzard/winter storm began along the southeast coast on Wednesday January 3, 2018. An amplifying upper level trough spawned the development of low pressure off the coast of Florida. The low pressure rapidly intensified on Wednesday night through Thursday January 4, 2018 as it moved north-northeast along the coast. The low passed just east of the 40��N 70��W benchmark Thursday afternoon. The central pressure when the storm developed was around 1004 millibars at 1 pm Wednesday. 24 hours later, the central pressure fell to around 950 mb, approximately a 54 millibar drop. The rapid intensification of the storm led to heavy snow, strong winds, and blizzard conditions over Long Island, and in Queens in New York City and the Lower Hudson Valley. Near-blizzard conditions occurred across Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Thundersnow was also observed across eastern Long Island. ||Thousands of flights were cancelled on January 4, 2018 and nearly 900 were cancelled the day after the blizzard. System-wide delays and cancellations occurred on the Long Island Railroad and Metro North Railroad. There were also numerous accidents on across southeast New York. Thousands of homes and businesses also lost power.

Rapidly deepening low pressure tracked up the eastern seaboard on Tuesday March, 14 bringing blizzard conditions to portions of the Lower Hudson Valley. Heavy snow and sleet along with strong winds occurred across the New York City Metro. ||The storm cancelled numerous flights at JFK and LGA with some mass transit services suspended. ||A pair of 2 story homes under construction on Beach 7th street in Far Rockaway collapsed and numerous trees and wires were downed due to the strong winds.||Approximately 17,000 power outages resulted from the strong winds and heavy snow.

High south winds preceding a strong cold front resulted in areas of damage and disruptions to power. Heavy rain preceding the front caused flooding of small streams in Rockland County.

Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Southeast New York. ||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. After drifting slowly southwest on October 23, Sandy turned to the north and intensified to a hurricane on October 24, just before making landfall in Jamaica. Hurricane Sandy continued to the north and intensified to a strong category two hurricane before making landfall again in Cuba shortly after Midnight EDT on the 25th. Hurricane Sandy emerged on the other side of Cuba during the morning of the 25th and proceeded to drift northwest as a category one or two hurricane as it moved through the Bahamas on the 25th and 26th. Overnight on the 26th, Hurricane Sandy (Category 1) started to move toward the north northeast, a motion that continued into the evening of the 28th. From there, Sandy���s motion became driven by two factors. An anomalously strong blocking ridge over the Canadian Maritimes prevented Sandy from escaping to the east. Simultaneously, an approaching and deepening extratropical trough was about to capture Sandy. The combination of the two, turned Sandy to the north overnight on the 28th and then to the northwest on the 29th. ||As Sandy continued to move northwest and interact with the mid latitude trough, its interaction continued to make it less tropical, but did not weaken it much. Sandy continued to make a harder turn to the left (west) and made landfall in Atlantic County as a post tropical storm in Brigantine City just north of Atlantic City at 730 p.m. EDT on the 29th. The estimated minimum central pressure was 945 millibars. The lowest recorded central pressure was 945.6 millibars at the Atlantic City Marina at 734 p.m. EDT.||Record breaking high tides and wave action was combined with sustained winds of 40 to 60 mph and wind gusts of 80 to 90 mph.||These extreme conditions resulted in at least 60 deaths and widespread property damage of at least 42 billion dollars.||Emergency managers recommended mandatory evacuations of more than 1/2 million people that lived in low lying areas. Widespread significant power outages of more than 2 million lasted up to 2 weeks.

Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Southeast New York.||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. After drifting slowly southwest on October 23, Sandy turned to the north and intensified to a hurricane on October 24, just before making landfall in Jamaica. Hurricane Sandy continued to the north and intensified to a strong category two hurricane before making landfall again in Cuba shortly after Midnight EDT on the 25th. Hurricane Sandy emerged on the other side of Cuba during the morning of the 25th and proceeded to drift northwest as a category one or two hurricane as it moved through the Bahamas on the 25th and 26th. Overnight on the 26th, Hurricane Sandy (Category 1) started to move toward the north northeast, a motion that continued into the evening of the 28th. From there, Sandy���s motion became driven by two factors. An anomalously strong blocking ridge over the Canadian Maritimes prevented Sandy from escaping to the east. Simultaneously, an approaching and deepening extratropical trough was about to capture Sandy. The combination of the two, turned Sandy to the north overnight on the 28th and then to the northwest on the 29th.||As Sandy continued to move northwest and interact with the mid latitude trough, its interaction continued to make it less tropical, but did not weaken it much. Sandy continued to make a harder turn to the left (west) and made landfall in Atlantic County as a post tropical storm in Brigantine City just north of Atlantic City at 7:30 p.m. EDT on the 29th. The estimated minimum central pressure was 945 millibars. The lowest recorded central pressure was 945.6 millibars at the Atlantic City Marina at 7:34 p.m. EDT.||Record breaking high tides and wave action was combined with sustained winds of 40 to 60 mph and wind gusts of 80 to 90 mph.||These extreme conditions resulted in at least 60 deaths and widespread property damage of at least 42 billion dollars.||Emergency managers recommended mandatory evacuations of more than 1/2 million people that lived in low lying areas. Widespread significant power outages of more than 2 million lasted up to 2 weeks.

A historic and unprecedented early-season winter storm impacted the area on Saturday, October 29, with more than one foot of heavy wet snow falling on interior portions of the Lower Hudson Valley. This is the first time a winter storm of this magnitude has ever occurred in October.||Late Friday night, October 28, an area of low pressure emerged from the South Carolina coastal plain into the western Atlantic Ocean. The low moved up the coast late Friday night into Saturday morning. The low began to rapidly strengthen late Saturday morning when it was east of the Delmarva coast, and continued to strengthen as it passed south of Long Island Saturday night. With water temperatures in the lower 60s, much of Long Island received mainly rainfall and up to 2 inches of rain during the event. Areas just north and west of New York City, however, were just cold enough to support a heavy wet snow. The heaviest snow fell across interior portions of the Lower Hudson Valley, with one foot or more of snowfall across highest elevations. In addition to the heavy rain and snow...strong winds were experienced along the immediate coastline. ||Thousands of people across southeast New York lost power during this event as heavy snow accumulated on trees that still had partial to full foliage during mid-autumn. This caused extensive felling of trees and limbs across the region and damage to power lines.

A rapidly intensifying low pressure system tracked from off the Southeast US coast on Christmas Day and then past the Mid Atlantic Coast on Sunday December 26th to just east of Long Island by early Monday morning December 27th. This intense low pressure system spread snowfall into the region Sunday morning, with bands of heavy snow plus embedded thunderstorms and very strong winds affecting the region Sunday afternoon through Sunday night. The powerful blizzard (defined when sustained winds or frequent gusts greater than or equal to 35 mph accompanied by falling and/or blowing snow, frequently reducing visibility to less than 1/4 mile for three hours or more) brought a widespread area of 20 to 30 inches of snow across the NYC metro and Lower Hudson Valley, with 10 to 20 inches across Long Island. The heavy snow was accompanied by area wide winds of 25 to 40 mph and gusts in excess of 60 mph Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, resulting in near whiteout conditions with blowing and drifting snow and making all forms of travel extremely difficult to nearly impossible. In fact, all three major New York Airports were closed during and for a period after the storm. Bus service was severely hampered, and all service on the LIRR and several lines of MTA North, MTA subway, and PATH were suspended Sunday night into Monday morning due to high snow drifts. New York City struggled with snow removal due to the overwhelming blowing and drifting snow and stranded or abandoned buses and cars littering the streets, which severely hampered emergency services response times. In addition, 8000 customers lost power in New York City and Southern Westchester Counties, 8500 in Putnam and Northern Westchester, and 12,000 on Long Island during the height of the storm.

Strong winds developed between a deep low pressure system northeast of Maine and a strong high pressure system over the Southeast United States. Peak wind gusts ranged from 40 mph to 55 mph. They downed tree limbs and caused scattered power outages across Southeast NY.

A powerful low tracked across the Tri-State on the 8th, producing damaging winds across portions of the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City.

High winds developed after 6 AM on the morning of Wednesday, January 18th, and lasted until around noon as a cold front approached the region. Wind gusts approaching 70 mph (61 kt) downed many trees and power lines, which caused widespread power outages.

As a line of severe thunderstorms moved east, it produced damaging wind gusts along with heavy rain. Law enforcement reported an estimated wind gust to 60 mph. The Rockland County Office of Emergency Management reported a power line down in Vails Lake, along with road flooding along parts of Routes 301, 9, and 9D.

A severe thunderstorm produced high winds and heavy rain that downed trees and power lines from New City to Congers. The Orange and Rockland Utilities reported that 1423 of its' customers lost electricity at this time.

During the early morning hours of December 14th, a low pressure system over the Ohio Valley weakened, while a new low developed along the mid Atlantic coast. This new low tracked northeast toward southern New England by the late morning on December 14th. To the northwest of this low pressure center, a narrow swath of freezing rain and sleet fell, as warm, moist air was lifted over a pre-existing colder airmass. This mixture of freezing rain and sleet created treacherous travel for the morning commute on December 14th. In addition, power outages resulted as tree limbs fell due to significant ice accretion. Ice accumulated at least one quarter inch throughout the area, with some locations receiving up to one half inch of ice.