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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

NWS issues Coastal Flood Advisory for our area


Event:Coastal Flood Advisory
Alert:
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY... 
 
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 
NOON EST TODAY... 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD 
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON EST 
TODAY. 
 
* LOCATIONS...THE BACK BAYS OF LONG ISLAND. 
 
* TIDAL DEPARTURES...AROUND 2 TO 2 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL. 
 
* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING AROUND HIGH TIDE. 
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE 
ROADS AND/OR ADJACENT PROPERTIES DUE TO HEIGHT OF STORM TIDE 
OR WAVE SPLASH-OVER NEAR TIME OF HIGH TIDE. 
 
...SOUTH SHORE BAYS WATER LEVELS FOR TODAY... 
COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.....FLOOD..... 
LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.......CATEGORY.. 
 
.................................(MLLW/NGVD)................. 
E ROCKAWAY INLET NY.1004 AM........6.1.............MINOR..... 
FREEPORT GAUGE NY...1057 AM........5.5/4.7.........MINOR..... 
JAMAICA BAY NY......1059 AM........7.8.............MINOR.....
Instructions:A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
Target Area:
Kings (Brooklyn)
Southern Nassau
Southern Queens

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