COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
721 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING...
.THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH
AND COASTAL STORMS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND WILL
ALLOW A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE.
THIS...COUPLED WITH ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES...WILL BUILD UP
WATER AT THE COAST...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.
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SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
721 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR OVER
THE WATERS AND THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN BUILDING SURGE
ALONG THE COAST. THIS...COUPLED WITH ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
...LONG ISLAND SOUND SATURDAY MORNING...
...............TIME OF.....HEIGHT.....MINOR.....MODERATE....FORECAST
LOCATION......HIGH TIDE...OF TIDE..FLOOD HEIGHT..FLDHGT......HEIGHT
...........................(MLLW)....(MLLW)......(MLLW)......(MLLW)
KINGS POINT....1120 AM.....9.1.........N/A........10.5.......10.4
STAMFORD.......1101 AM.....8.8.........9.5........11.1........9.8
BRIDGEPORT.....1058 AM.....8.2.........8.9........10.4........9.3
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.