...COASTAL HAZARDS...
DESTRUCTIVE SURF FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMMEL THE
ATLANTIC FACING SHORELINES...WITH SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS
EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY.
...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE DEPARTS...MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.
MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
GENERALLY 3 TO 7 FEET OF SURGE WAS OBSERVED ACROSS NEW YORK
HARBOR...THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...
PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND LONG ISLAND SOUND THIS MORNING.
TIDAL LEVELS HAVE BEEN RECEDING...WITH THE REMAINING MODERATE TO
MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND THE
EASTERN SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THROUGH EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.
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