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  • Coastal Flood Watch for Northern Westchester County, New York
  • Coastal Flood Watch issued March 06 at 4:10AM EST until March 06 at 8:00PM EST by NWS
  • Effective: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 4:10 a.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 9 a.m.
  • ...WIDESPREAD MINOR TO LOCALIZED MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING DURING
    THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLES...
    ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
    AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...
    ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY MORNING...
    * LOCATIONS...ALONG FAR WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...AND NORTH
    FORK OF LONG ISLAND.
    * TIDAL DEPARTURES...BETWEEN 3 TO 4 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
    WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND 2.5 TO 3.5 FT THURSDAY MORNING.
    * BEACH EROSION...BREAKING WAVES OF 2 TO 5 FT ACROSS WESTERN LONG
    ISLAND SOUND WILL LOCALLY ENHANCE INUNDATION.
    * TIMING...MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING
    THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING.
    * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE FLOODING OF
    VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND/OR BASEMENTS DUE TO HEIGHT OF STORM
    TIDE AND WAVE ACTION. SOME ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE NEEDED.
    ISOLATED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MAY BE OBSERVED.
    ...WESTERN L.I. SOUND WATER LEVELS FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING...
    COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.....FLOOD.....
    LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.......CATEGORY..
    .................................(MLLW)......................
    KINGS POINT NY.....659 PM........10.3-10.8.........MODERATE..
    GLEN COVE NY.......656 PM........10.5-11.0.........MINOR.....
    ...NORTHERN TWIN FORK WATER LEVEL FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING...
    COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.....FLOOD.....
    LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.......CATEGORY..
    .................................(MLLW)......................
    ORIENT POINT.......520 PM.........4.7-5.2.........MINOR......
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