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already getting at this point. yes, the system is not moving very fast. it will be hours of dealing with these rain showers, not only in the mid atlantic, areas of pennsylvania, new jersey, washington, d.c. but also the southern end of this storm. so you still have some of those showers and thunderstorms trailing across areas of florida as well and some of these areas picked up tremendous amounts of rain in just the last 24 hours. every single one of these cities broke a rainfall record yesterday with how much they picked up in a short period of time. columbus and cincinnati, ohio, as well as d.c., the dulles airport breaking a rainfall record yesterday. in addition to the heavy rain, we also had severe thunderstorms. we had five tornado reports over 160 damaging wind reports and over 60 hail reports. some of them were as large as tennis ball size hail. more severe weather is expected today. it s mainly going to be across the southern tier of that initial system, so areas like tampa, m
damaging winds and isolated tornados, but overnight tonight, it really isn t until tomorrow, the area of low pressure transfers its energy offshore. hurricane force wind gusts, areas of around new england, boston, cape cod, nantucket are going to see coastal erosion. heavy amounts of rain. we could see an inch an hour. heavy for parts from around philadelphia to new york city. 4 to 6 inches, some higher than that. 30 million americans under flash flood watches. to the west coast because we have a lot to talk about. we ve been in a significant drought here. firefighters got help. the dixie fire, is second largest in california history is now 80% contained. sacramento had a record, broken yesterday. 212 consecutive days without any measurable rain, but they just set a 24-hour rainfall record. about 5.5 inches. to the northwest, under 10.5.
towards new york city there s convergence going on, so it s prolonging the rain. yes 4.45 inches in new york city was a daily rainfall record that has stood since 1888. they also got just under two inches in one hour, that s the greatest rainfall for one hour in new york city. more flooding is going to be a problem for all of new england as this dog leg to the right slows the system down. we could see record-breaking rainfall in the next few days for some states in new england. the system has a lot of energy and it s going to unfold and probably going to shock a few people in the hours and days ahead. we ll consider this still in the early stages. thank you so much, tom sater in the cnn weather center. rhode island is feeling the full brunt or at least parts of the full brunt of henri as the storm nears landfall. joining us by phone, rhode island governor daniel mckee. thank you for taking the time to