Event: | Coastal Flood Statement |
Alert: | ...SOME LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TONIGHT... ...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS THIS EVENING...BUT LITTLE OR NO COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED... * TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL AREAS SURROUND NY HARBOR AND JAMAICA BAY. * TIDAL DEPARTURES...UP TO 1 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS. * BEACH EROSION...MINOR BEACH EROSION POTENTIAL THOUGH THURSDAY MORNING AT THE OCEAN BEACHES ALONG THE ROCKAWAYS DUE TO 4 TO 7 FT SURF. * IMPACTS...COASTAL AREAS AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME VERY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. ROADS WILL REMAIN PASSABLE. |
Tucked away on the west side of the small town of Broad Channel in the middle of Jamiaca Bay is a narrow, dead end, street that goes by the name of West 12th Road. Those of us who live there know that the nice part about living in a small town is that when you are not quite sure what is going on, someone else always does! [Peter J. Mahon West 12th Road, Broad Channel]
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
NWS: Coastal Flood Statement regarding this evening's high tide
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