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Coastal Flood Advisory

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

1115 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009

 

...HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...

 

.A PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW...COMBINED WITH SWELLS ASSOCIATED

WITH THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE BILL WELL EAST OF MONTAUK POINT...

WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG OCEAN FACING

SHORES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. IN ADDITION...SEAS

OF 12 TO 17 FT OVER THE OPEN OCEAN WATERS WILL RESULT IN SEAS OF

8 TO 10 FT AT OCEAN BEACHES. THIS WILL LEAD TO SEVERE BEACH

EROSION AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

 

NJZ006-NYZ072-074-221115-

/O.CON.KOKX.CF.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090823T0400Z/

HUDSON-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-

1115 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009

 

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

SATURDAY NIGHT...

 

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

A PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW...COMBINED WITH SWELLS ASSOCIATED

WITH HURRICANE BILL...WILL PRODUCE A PILING OF WATER ALONG THE

NEAR SHORE WATERS. WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED

DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE STARTING THIS EVENING AND

CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES

WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

 

&&

 

 

SATURDAY...

 

.................TIME OF.......HEIGHT......MINOR.........FORECAST

LOCATION........HIGH TIDE.....OF TIDE...FLOOD HEIGHT......HEIGHT

...............................(MLLW).....(MLLW)..........(MLLW)

 

THE OCEAN...

BATTERY (NYC)....1025 AM.........5.8.........6.7............7.3

SANDY HOOK........956 AM.........6.0.........---............7.5

BERGEN POINT.....1025 AM.........6.3.........---............7.8

 

SATURDAY NIGHT...

 

.................TIME OF.......HEIGHT......MINOR.........FORECAST

LOCATION........HIGH TIDE.....OF TIDE...FLOOD HEIGHT......HEIGHT

...............................(MLLW).....(MLLW)..........(MLLW)

 

THE OCEAN...

BATTERY (NYC)....1039 PM.........5.6.........6.7............7.1

SANDY HOOK.......1011 PM.........5.8.........---............7.3

BERGEN POINT.....1038 PM.........6.2.........---............7.7

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Basically there will be freakishly high tides tomorrow, avoid waterfront areas such as the pier at exchange place, and any/all beaches.

 

Before traveling check alerts!

 

- (A)

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What about the Sound? The tidal estuaries up here are swelling a bit... nothing out of the ordinary, though.

 

It really needs to be farther north for it to affect the LIS, plus remember it is pumping up all ready west/northwest moving waves.

 

The east coast, NY/NJ/PA dodged a bullet with this one for sure.

 

- A

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