National Weather Service Issues Coastal Flood Statement

Coastal Flood Statement

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
612 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE SUNDAY MORNING HIGH
TIDE CYCLE...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT AND TOWARD
EASTERN LONG ISLAND BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL GENERATE STRONG
EASTERLY WINDS AS IT INTERACTS WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
NORTHEAST. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE A STORM SURGE...WITH WATER
LEVELS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE LEVELS
THAT COULD CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN SPOTS. IF THE STORM
MOVES MORE SLOWLY THAN EXPECTED...THE DEGREE OF FLOODING COULD
BE GREATER AND AND/OR MORE WIDESPREAD THAN EXPECTED.

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SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
612 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013

* LOCATIONS...SHORELINES OF LONG ISLAND SOUND...PECONIC AND
  GARDINERS BAYS...THE LONG ISLAND SOUTH SHORE BAYS AND NEW YORK
  HARBOR.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE
  LEVELS.

* TIMING...WITHIN AN HOUR EITHER SIDE OF THE TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL
  HIGH TIDES. ON SUNDAY MORNING THE APPROXIMATE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE
  WILL BE BETWEEN...
  9 AND 10 AM ON WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND
  GARDINERS BAYS...
  8 AND 9 AM ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF SUFFOLK COUNTY...
  5 AND 7 AM ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF NASSAU COUNTY AND ALONG
  NEW YORK HARBOR. 

[NOTE: SUNDAY AM HIGH TIDE IN BROAD CHANNEL WILL BE 6:40 AM]

* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING OF ALONG SHORE AREAS. THE MAJORITY OF
  ROADS SHOULD REMAIN PASSABLE...WITH ONLY ISOLATED CLOSURES. THERE
  IS NO SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE...AND ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY
  SHOULD BE MINIMAL.