out. but this is where the brakes get put on. it s still a broad storm. nobody is going to know a difference between a 75-mile-per-hour hurricane and a 65 or 70. as it circulates counterclockwise, the concern is wrapping around to the south with the convergence to the south, we could see a 24-hour period at least of nothing but moderate to even heavy rain in areas. again, i cannot stress enough that the ground is taxed. it can t take any more. not only are the there going to be pout outages. the weakest of storms knock out power for weeks on end. this storm looks terrible on satellite imagery. it s the individual kind of microclimates that are really going to cause some harm. this is something not to take lightly. i know it s hard and we say that all the time. we re not trying to blow these systems up to something they
central park yesterday with the concert, everyone excited. 4.45 daily was a record that stood since 1888. they also picked up a 24-hour rainfall record, the most ever in one hour i should say, less than two inches. you add in these colors of yellow and orange and it will be quite staggering. this is where it gets interesting, all the rain is on the western flank. we had our landfall in rhode island. you can see it now moving across connecticut. rhode island is rain-free right now. that s good news for power crews that can get out here where we have the power outages. they re not going to be able to get in the cherry-pickers, but they can at least start clearing the roadways from the trees that have been uprooted or the branches that have fallen. a lot of times waiting a week or two, it s about cleaning up the roads to get to the issues. now we have an issue on the southwestern flank. now that it s made landfall, we
would say between about 11:00 and 12:00, was probably the worst hour, when you could really start to feel the wind and the rain. certainly in town you felt it. right around 12:00 when we first came on air, it started to subside. things have certainly gotten better out here. now people are trying to come out, check out, see what s going on, people spending the weekend here, still trying to enjoy whatever they can, chris. all right, shimon. i ll check back with you in a little bit. it s good to come out and enjoy, but be careful. when you test the waters, if you don t get it right, you ll risk someone else s life who has to come out and save you. my wife is a big surfer, but not on a day like today. let s go to tom sater. help me understand something, as you often do. i thank you in advance for helping me understand this situation a little better. this storm made landfall, but
between 195 and 78. because of the rain band overnight and into this morning, some areas have recorded over eight inches in counties like middlesex and mercer. these different spots where they end up in heavy rain bands, they ll see significant flooding. we do know that s going on in parts of jersey. this reminds me, this storm in some ways, of hurricane irene ten years ago. i was in north carolina when that hurricane made landfall. the biggest story of irene, the biggest memories were in vermont, in new england, because of saturation, because of flooding along the rivers and streams of new england. this may be a similar story where flooding becomes a big headline a few days from now. back to the roof camera, you ll see sandbags as we drive by the south street seaport, some businesses putting out sandbags. the good news, no water coming up from the east river. i guess this is one of those days where no news is good news
the southwest coast of rhode island, that s where we had our landfall. closest approach to montauk was 15 miles to the east. surge was still a little bit of an issue. the biggest concern will be rainfall with power outages. notice the flash flood watch and the warnings. what s happening on radar is very interesting. i want to start with this. these are the record numbers of rain amounts that each tropical system as affected new england. new york state had its wettest july on record. so did massachusetts. many others are in the top five. we had the remnants of fred move through the area. yesterday s record rainfall in new york city. some of these could be broken, daisy in maine, 1962. floyd in new hampshire. these numbers are going to grow exponentially. you take these numbers and add another six, seven inches on top and you re in the record-breaking category.