Coastal Flood Watch in effect

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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

 

...BRONX NY-NASSAU NY-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- QUEENS NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- 432 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR MONDAY NIGHT...

DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST UP THROUGH THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT. THE STRONG LOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ON MONDAY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO JUST EAST OF LONG ISLAND BY MONDAY NIGHT. THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE AND DEPARTING HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL INCREASE EASTERLY WINDS TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON... GRADUALLY TURNING NORTHEAST IN THE EVENING AND THEN NORTH AT NIGHT WITH INCREASED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 2 TO 3 FT ACROSS THE SHORES OF THE GREAT SOUTH BAY... ATLANTIC OCEAN... AND NEW YORK HARBOR... AND DEPARTURES OF 3 TO 4 FT ACROSS THE SHORES OF PECONIC BAY AND LONG ISLAND SOUND.

THESE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LUNAR TIDES WHICH ARE COMING OFF ASTRONOMICAL HIGHS. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND THE SHORES OF NEW YORK HARBOR. WIDESPREAD MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHORES OF PECONIC BAY... AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND. THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS WILL BE THE BACK BAYS AND INLETS. TO MAKE THINGS WORSE... THE STRONG NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FT CRASHING UPON THE NORTH FACING SHORELINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND... INCREASING POTENTIAL DAMAGE.  

THOSE AREAS AFFECTED BY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING CAN EXPECT WASHOVER OVER ROADS... MODERATE SHORELINE EROSION... AND HEAVY SURF....