$$ SXUS71 KOKX 140021 2014226 0021 RERISP RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 820 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2014 UPDATED AT 815 PM FOR THE RAINFALL THAT FELL. ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT ISLIP NY... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 13.51 INCHES WAS SET AT ISLIP NY TODAY AUGUST 13. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.91 SET IN 2013. ...RECORD NEW YORK STATE 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION BROKEN AT ISLIP MACARTHUR AIRPORT TODAY... A PRELIMINARY NEW YORK STATE 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS BROKEN AT ISLIP LONG ISLAND TODAY. TOTAL 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AT ISLIP AS OF 9:30 AM WAS 13.57 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 11.6 INCHES AT TANNERSVILLE NY ON AUGUST 27-28 2011 DURING HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM IRENE. THE 24 HOUR PERIOD FOR THIS RAINFALL EVENT WILL END AT 11PM ON AUGUST 13. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT MAY FALL. THIS RECORD WILL REMAIN PRELIMINARY UNTIL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER CONFIRMS THESE REPORTS. ...RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST BROKEN AT ISLIP MACARTHUR AIRPORT TODAY... A RECORD MAXIMUM MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST OF 14.03 INCHES WAS SET AT ISLIP NY TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 13.78 INCHES SET BACK IN AUGUST OF 1990. THESE REPORTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND WILL BE UPDATED LATER IF AND WHEN MORE RAIN FALLS AT ISLIP. $$