| No Sandy, but still a dangerous storm!!! COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 354 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2012 ...STRONG COASTAL STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE OR MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... NJZ006-106-108-NYZ072-074-075-080-081-178-179-062100- /O.CON.KOKX.CF.A.0002.121107T1600Z-121108T1100Z/ HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 354 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK HARBOR...THE LONG ISLAND SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS...THE OCEAN SHORES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND. * TIDAL DEPARTURES...AROUND 3 FEET. * BEACH EROSION...LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 12 FEET ON TOP OF ANY SURGE COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION AND OVERWASH. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DEPENDING ON THE TIMING...TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE COASTAL STORM...MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR ACROSS MULTIPLE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. LOCALLY MAJOR FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN PLACES DUE TO CHANGES TO UNDERWATER SLOPES AND/OR LOSS OF PROTECTIVE DUNES BOTH CAUSED BY SANDY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND/OR BASEMENTS IS POSSIBLE...HAMPERING RECOVERY EFFORTS. URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 453 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2012 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179- 062200- /O.CON.KOKX.HW.A.0004.121107T1100Z-121108T1100Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 453 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...AS WELL AS MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. |