Coastal Flood Warning Issued

Coastal Flood Warning

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1123 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING
INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
3 PM EDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG LONG ISLAND SOUND...THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
  SHORES OF LONG ISLAND...NEW YORK HARBOR...THE ARTHUR KILL...AND
  TIDALLY AFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE HUDSON AND CONNECTICUT RIVERS.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES SUNDAY
  NIGHT...2 TO 4 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MONDAY MORNING...AND
  POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 10 FT ABOVE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
  MORNING. THE HIGHER END OF THE RANGE RELEGATED TO THE MOST FLOOD
  PRONE COASTAL LOCATIONS.

* TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE EVENING HIGH
  TIDES ON SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING
  LIKELY BY THE MONDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. MAJOR COASTAL
  FLOODING...POSSIBLY TO RECORD LEVELS...IS LIKELY DURING THE
  MONDAY NIGHT HIGH TIDE CYCLES. MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL
  FLOODING IN POSSIBLE INTO THE TUESDAY MORNING AND EARLY
  AFTERNOON HIGH TIDES CYCLE.

* IMPACTS...A LONG DURATION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOOD EVENT IS
  EXPECTED TO START SUNDAY NIGHT AND PEAK MONDAY NIGHT INTO
  TUESDAY MORNING. THE EXACT TRACK/TIMING OF THE COASTAL STORM
  WILL DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF COASTAL FLOODING MONDAY NIGHT
  THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING`S HIGH TIDE CYCLES...BUT THE POTENTIAL
  IS INCREASING FOR SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION AND MODERATE DAMAGE
  TO STRUCTURES IN HISTORICALLY FLOOD PRONE SPOTS.