000 NOUS41 KOKX 031507 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 040315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1107 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2014 ...PRELIMINARY NEW YORK STATE 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD NOW OFFICIAL AT ISLIP MACARTHUR AIRPORT... AN OFFICIAL NEW YORK STATE 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET AT ISLIP MACARTHUR AIRPORT ON AUGUST 12-13 2014. THE TOTAL 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR THIS DATE WAS 13.57 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS NEW YORK STATE RECORD OF 11.6 INCHES AT TANNERSVILLE NY ON AUGUST 27-28 2011 DURING HURRICANE/TROPCIAL STORM IRENE. AFTER ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION...AN UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATION OF 14.1+ INCHES WAS REPORTED IN JULY 17-18 1942 AT WELLSVILLE NY. THIS OBSERVATION WAS NOT MADE BY AN OFFICIAL OBSERVER USING PURPOSE- BUILT EQUIPMENT; IT WAS A BUCKET-VALUE CONVERTED TO INCHES. LITTLE OFFICIAL RECORD EXISTS BEYOND AN APPENDIX OF A U.S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT ON THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT...WHICH NOTED THE CATCH PAN MAY HAVE BEEN INUNDATED BY A CREEK FLOOD. THIS EVENT MAY WARRANT FUTURE CONSIDERATION...BUT IS NOT CURRENTLY CONSIDERED A LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE FOR THE RECORD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AUGUST 12-13 2014 HISTORIC FLOODING EVENT...PLEASE SEE /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OKX/HISTORICFLOODING_081314 THE OFFICIAL RECORD CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER WEBSITE AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/EXTREMES/SCEC/RECORDS $$