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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Coastal Flood Advisory For This Evening's 9:30 PM High Tide [Updated]



Event:Coastal Flood Advisory
Alert:
...WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED WITH HIGH TIDE 
TONIGHT... 
 
.THE COMBINATION OF AN UNUSUALLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM 
MOVING OFFSHORE AND A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA 
WILL PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF PERSISTENT STRONG EAST WINDS. 
THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WITH THE NEW 
MOON WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE 
TONIGHT. 
 
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS 
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... 
 
* LOCATIONS...SOUTH SHORES FACING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...EASTERN NEW 
JERSEY SHORES INCLUDING STATEN ISLAND AND THE INLAND BACK BAYS 
OF LONG ISLAND AS WELL AS COASTLINES OF NY HARBOR. 
 
* TIDAL DEPARTURES...FROM 3/4 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL 
TIDES. 
 
* BEACH EROSION...MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE HIGHEST BREAKING WAVES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SOUTH AND 
EAST SHORES FROM CONEY ISLAND EAST TO SMITHS POINT. 
 
* TIMING...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM 7 PM THROUGH 
MIDNIGHT. FOR THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE WEDNESDAY MORNING...SOME 
ISOLATED COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE A 
GREATER CHANCE OF MORE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
DURING HIGH TIDE. 
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS. 
 
...NY HARBOR WATER LEVELS FOR THIS EVENING... 
COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.....FLOOD..... 
LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.......CATEGORY.. 
 
...................................(MLLW).................... 
 
THE BATTERY NYC.....922 PM...........7.2...........MINOR..... 
BERGEN POINT NY.....920 PM...........7.3...........MINOR..... 
 
...SOUTH SHORE BAYS WATER LEVELS FOR THIS EVENING... 
COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.....FLOOD..... 
LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.......CATEGORY.. 
 
.................................(MLLW/NGVD)................. 
ROCKAWAY INLET NY...853 PM...........7.9...........MINOR..... 
JAMAICA BAY NY......933 PM...........8.3...........MINOR..... 
FREEPORT GAUGE NY...931 PM...........5.4/4.6.......MINOR..... 
POINT LOOKOUT NY....834 PM...........6.1...........MINOR..... 
LINDENHURST NY......1114 PM..........3.3...........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)
New York (Manhattan)
Richmond (Staten Is.)
Southern Nassau
Southern Queens
Southwest Suffolk

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