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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Coastal Flooding and Winter Storm Warnings Issued...

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING

LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH TODAY AND PASS ABOUT 150 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MONTAUK POINT TONIGHT. THE RESULTING SURGE FROM THE
STORM WILL BUILD TONIGHT WITH TIDAL STATIONS APPROACHING MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING THRESHOLDS LATE TONIGHT...AND A FEW LOCATIONS
POSSIBLY JUST TOUCHING THESE THRESHOLDS. THIS WOULD OCCUR BETWEEN
ROUGHLY 2 AM TO 3 AM TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS OF
LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY AND NORTHEAST
NEW JERSEY. ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...THIS WOULD OCCUR
ROUGHLY BETWEEN 3:30 AM TO 4:30 AM...AND THEN FROM 4:30 AM TO
5:30 AM ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND.


WINTER STORM WARNING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND
LONG ISLAND.

HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW...WITH A PERIOD OF A SNOW AND SLEET MIX
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.

WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY TONIGHT
WHEN WINDS WILL BE HIGHEST. LONG ISLAND IS WILL EXPERIENCE THE
HIGHEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY EASTERN LONG ISLAND... WITH SPEEDS
RANGING BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS DURING THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE
AND THURSDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY
FALLING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

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