Updated Coastal Flood Warning

Event:

Coastal Flood Warning

Alert:

...LIFE THREATENING COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALONG NEW YORK HARBOR...NEWARK BAY...THE ARTHUR KILL...THE TIDALLY AFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE HACKENSACK AND PASSAIC RIVERS...LONG ISLAND SOUND...THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SHORES OF LONG ISLAND...AND TIDALLY AFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE HUDSON AND CONNECTICUT RIVERS. * TIDAL DEPARTURES...BETWEEN 2 TO 3 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES TONIGHT DURING HIGH TIDE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES...3 TO 4.5 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MONDAY MORNING...AND POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 11 FT ABOVE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER END OF THE RANGE RELEGATED TO THE NEW YORK HARBOR...WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND THE LONG ISLAND SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS. * HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION...BREAKING WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FT ALONG OCEAN FACING SHORELINES BY LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE DESTRUCTIVE WAVES ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEAREST TO SEA LEVEL. AT THE SAME TIME...5 TO 10 FT WAVES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG EXPOSED EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN FACING PORTIONS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND...PECONIC BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE FELT FOR FIRE ISLAND COMMUNITIES SUCH AS FAIR HARBOR...OCEAN BEACH...CHERRY GROVE...FIRE ISLAND PINES AND DAVIS PARK. * TIMING...MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE HIGH TIDES THROUGH TONIGHT...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 COASTAL FLOOD EVENT IS EXPECTED WITH MINOR COASTAL TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT AND MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ON MONDAY...WITH POTENTIALLY RECORD BREAKING FLOODING MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE EXACT TRACK AND 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 DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IN HISTORICALLY FLOOD PRONE SPOTS.