COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1231 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 3 AM EST SUNDAY...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM EST SUNDAY.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN TIDAL DEPARTURES OF
2 TO 3 FT TONIGHT. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH ELEVATED
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
NEW YORK HARBOR AND OCEAN FOR TONIGHT
...............TIME OF.....HEIGHT.....MINOR.....MODERATE....FORECAST
LOCATION......HIGH TIDE...OF TIDE..FLOOD HEIGHT..FLDHGT.....HEIGHT
...........................(MLLW)....(MLLW)......(MLLW).....(MLLW)
THE BATTERY....1026 PM.....3.9.........6.7.........8.0........6.7
SANDY HOOK......949 PM.....3.9.........N/A.........8.1........6.9
BERGEN POINT...1013 PM.....4.3.........N/A.........8.5........7.0
MONTAUK........1107 PM.....1.7.........N/A.........N/A........4.5
LONG ISLAND SOUND FOR TONIGHT
...............TIME OF.....HEIGHT.....MINOR.....MODERATE....FORECAST
LOCATION......HIGH TIDE...OF TIDE..FLOOD HEIGHT..FLDHGT.....HEIGHT
...........................(MLLW)....(MLLW)......(MLLW).....(MLLW)
KINGS POINT.....127 AM.....6.8.........N/A........10.5........9.9
STAMFORD........119 AM.....6.7.........9.5........11.1........9.7
BRIDGEPORT......116 AM.....6.3.........8.9........10.4........9.3
NEW LONDON.....1130 PM.....2.3.........5.0.........N/A........4.5
LONG ISLAND SOUTH SHORE BAYS FOR TONIGHT
...............TIME OF.....HEIGHT.....MINOR.....MODERATE....FORECAST
LOCATION......HIGH TIDE...OF TIDE..FLOOD HEIGHT..FLDHGT.....HEIGHT
...........................(MLLW)....(MLLW)......(MLLW).....(MLLW)
FREEPORT.......1026 PM......2.5........5.2.........5.9........5.5
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 335 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
SUNDAY...
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING UP THE COAST WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD
OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
AS HIGH AS 18 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4
INCHES PER HOUR...ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING...ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM FROM LATE THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH ALONG
WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A QUARTER
MILE AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA BASED ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW DEVELOP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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