| COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 101 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY SUNDAY MORNING... .THE PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OFF THE DELMARVA COAST. THE INCREASE IN WINDS COMBINED WITH HIGHER ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH TIDAL PILING THAT HAS CAUSED CURRENT TIDAL LEVELS UP TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE WIDESPREAD MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY MORNING. CTZ009-010-NYZ071-073-076>078-180115- /O.EXP.KOKX.CF.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091017T1700Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.CF.A.0003.091018T1000Z-091018T1700Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX- QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 101 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE PERSISTENT NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OFF THE DELAWARE COAST. THE INCREASE IN WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TIDES TO RISE ANOTHER FOOT OR SO ABOVE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN THE PAST TWO DAYS. THE HIGHEST TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN SOUND WHERE TIDES MAY BE AS HIGH AS 2 FEET ABOVE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN THE PAST TWO DAYS. COASTAL RESIDENTS WITH PROPERTY THAT IS PRONE TO COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD PREPARE THIS AFTERNOON TO PROTECT PROPERTY. HIGH TIDE IS AROUND 900 AM SUNDAY MORNING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. ON WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...HIGH TIDE OCCURS AROUND NOON. THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING IS THE LOWER OF THE TWO DAILY HIGH TIDES...THUS ONLY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COASTAL RESIDENTS WITH PROPERTY THAT IS PRONE TO COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD PREPARE THIS AFTERNOON TO PROTECT PROPERTY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY |