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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Coastal Flood Advisory for tomorrow morning's high tides



Event:Coastal Flood Advisory
Alert:
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POTENTIAL THOUGH WEDNESDAY... 
 
... COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 AM EDT 
WEDNESDAY... 
 
...LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TONIGHT... 
 
* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF NEW YORK CITY AND 
WESTERN LONG ISLAND. 
 
* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1/2 TO 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. 
 
* TIMING...LOCALIZED MINOR TIDAL FLOODING NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH 
TIDE THIS EVENING...THEN A MORE WIDESPREAD EVENT FOR THE 
WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. 
 
* IMPACTS...WATER LEVELS WILL REACH OR JUST TOUCH MINOR COASTAL 
FLOOD THRESHOLDS DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT AND 
SLIGHTLY EXCEED THESE LEVELS WEDNESDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY 
ALONG THE MOST VULNERABLE BACK BAY LOCATIONS. THIS WILL RESULT 
IN BRIEF INUNDATION OF VULNERABLE ROADS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES 
IN LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE...PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND ANY IMPACT ON 
PROPERTY IS MINIMAL. 
 
...SOUTH SHORE BAYS WATER LEVELS FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING... 
COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.....FLOOD..... 
LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.......CATEGORY.. 
 
.................................(MLLW/NGVD)................. 
ROCKAWAY INLET NY....805 AM.........7.5.............MINOR.... 
E ROCKAWAY INLET NY..759 AM.........6.2.............MINOR.... 
JAMAICA BAY NY.......845 AM.........7.8.............MINOR.... 
FREEPORT GAUGE NY....843 AM.........5.5/4.7.........MINOR.... 
POINT LOOKOUT NY.....746 AM.........5.8.............MINOR....

Instructions:A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

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