Updated Blizzard and Coastal Flood Warnings

[1] Updated Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
400 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016

...NOR`EASTER TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND IN NEW YORK.
  HUDSON...ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
  DAMAGING WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITIES EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 15 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE FORKS REGION OF
  LONG ISLAND.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
  ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND
  STRONG WINDS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SECONDARY AND
  TERTIARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN
  POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.

[2] Updated Coastal Warning





COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
414 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016

...WIDESPREAD MODERATE COASTAL IMPACTS THIS MORNING AND
TONIGHT...

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SUNDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF
  NYC...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL LONG ISLAND.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...3 TO 3 1/2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
  THIS MORNING AND EVENING.

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING THIS
  MORNING AND EVENINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. THE MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING
  THREAT IS FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE SOUTH SHORE BAY LOCALES OF
  NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 3 FT OF INUNDATION.

* BEACH IMPACTS...ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES
  ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORELINE OF LONG ISLAND MAY RESULT IN
  EROSION OF DUNES AND LOCALIZED OVERWASH FOR THE BARRIER BEACHES
  FROM FIRE ISLAND AND POINTS WEST TODAY INTO SUNDAY.

* COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MODERATE TO LOCALIZED MAJOR COASTAL
  FLOODING THIS MORNING AND EVENING WITH INUNDATION SEVERE ENOUGH
  TO CAUSE ISOLATED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD
  FLOODING OF VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND PROPERTIES. NUMEROUS
  ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE. LIVES MAY BE AT RISK FOR PEOPLE
  WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM/S WAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

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...SOUTH SHORE BAYS WATER LEVELS FOR THIS MORNING...

COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.......FLOOD.....
LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.........CATEGORY..
...................................(MLLW/NGVD).................

FREEPORT GAUGE NY.....737 AM.....6.7-7.2/5.9-6.4......MAJOR....
POINT LOOKOUT NY......640 AM.....7.1-7.6/.............MODERATE.
JAMAICA BAY NY........739 AM.....8.9-9.4/.............MODERATE.
ROCKAWAY INLET NY.....659 AM.....8.7-9.2/.............MODERATE.
E ROCKAWAY NY.........653 AM.....7.6-8.1/.............MODERATE.
LINDENHURST NY........920 AM.....4.2-4.6/.............MAJOR....

...SOUTH SHORE BAYS WATER LEVELS FOR THIS EVENING...

COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.......FLOOD.....
LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.........CATEGORY..
...................................(MLLW/NGVD).................

FREEPORT GAUGE NY.....805 PM.....6.5-7.0/5.6-6.2......MAJOR....
POINT LOOKOUT NY......708 PM.....6.7-7.2/.............MODERATE.
JAMAICA BAY NY........807 PM.....8.5-9.0/.............MODERATE.
ROCKAWAY INLET NY.....727 PM.....8.2-8.7/.............MODERATE.
E ROCKAWAY NY.........721 PM.....7.1-7.6/.............MODERATE.
LINDENHURST NY........948 PM.....4.1-4.6/.............MAJOR..