- Coastal Flood Warning for Putnam County, New York
- Coastal Flood Warning issued March 07 at 7:00AM EST until March 07 at 9:00AM EST by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 7 a.m.
- Expires: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 9 a.m.
...MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING FOR THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES
THIS MORNING...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF NASSAU COUNTY...
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY AND ATLANTIC OCEAN FACING
COMMUNITIES.
* TIDAL DEPARTURES...BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.
* WAVES AND BEACH EROSION...8 TO 12 FT BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION ALONG ATLANTIC
FACING COASTLINES. LOCALIZED WASHOVERS AND ISOLATED STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE OF OCEAN FACING SHORELINE STRUCTURES MAY BE OBSERVED.
* TIMING...MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOOD LEVELS HAVE BEEN
REACHED DURING THE TIMING OF HIGH TIDES EARLY THIS MORNING AND
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN FLOOD STAGES THROUGH MID MORNING.
* IMPACTS...PREPARE FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF VULNERABLE SHORE
ROADS AND/OR BASEMENTS DUE TO HEIGHT OF STORM TIDE AND WAVE
ACTION. NUMEROUS SHORELINE ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE NEEDED.