RP: NE Storm Makes Landfall, Details

Last update 10 A.M. I'll publish an update this afternoon. Wind, rain and snowfall lists have been added below. The Nor'easter is making landfall on Long Island this Monday morning. Below are the details on what we know so far. Here's a video using AccuWeather.com RadarPlus to go in-depth with the storm's landfall:

A car abandoned by the driver sits in water that overflowed the banks of the Cooper River along South Park Drive, Sunday, April 15, 2007, in Collingswood, N.J. In the background is the new boathouse. A major Nor'easter predicted to be the region's worst storm in 15 years pounded New Jersey on Sunday with heavy rain and high winds, canceling hundreds of flights and flooding roadways. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

Here's what we know so far:

- 150,000 are without power in the Northeast
- New York City (Central Park) has set a new 24-hour rainfall record with 7.45 inches in the last 24 hours... the second highest daily rainfall ever for that location since records have been kept.
- Huge waves (15 feet observed onshore and more than 20 feet reported offshore) are hitting the coast of Massachusetts.
- New Jersey has declared a State of Emergency with dozens of roads closed.
- Heavy snow has fallen over New England.
- Pressure at landfall was near 968 mb, equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane
- 9-foot seawall crest in Norwalk, Conn. (blog reader)

Here are the locations from which spotter storm reports have been issued to The NWS [JessePedia]:

Cape Elizabeth, Maine: 81 mph
Ship Offshore: 72 mph sustained
(ALL BUOYS NOT CHECKED YET - CHECK BACK THIS AFTERNOON)

Tabernacle, N.J.: 6.30"
New York, New York: 7.45"
Wantage, N.J.: 6.17"

Tupper Lake, N.Y.: 26.0"
Warren, Vt.: 17.0"
Crawfords Purchase, N.H.: 11.0"
Brackney, Pa.: 9.0"
Florida, Mass.: 9.0"
Phillips, Maine: 6.8"
Ashland, N.C.: 6.0"
Gratton, Va.: 3.5"
Winsted, Conn.: 1.5"

Here's Kate Bilo (PREMIUM | PRO) reporting on the snow from Vestal, N.Y.:

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