- Coastal Flood Watch for Putnam 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 FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
* LOCATIONS...ALONG PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS.
* TIDAL DEPARTURES...BETWEEN 2.5 TO 3.5 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES.
* BEACH EROSION...BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 8 FT ACROSS THE SOUTH
FORK OF LONG ISLAND 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.
...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAY WATER LEVELS FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING...
COASTAL............TIME OF......FORECAST TOTAL.....FLOOD.....
LOCATION...........HIGH TIDE.....WATER LEVEL.......CATEGORY..
..................................(MLLW).....................
MONTAUK POINT......407 PM.........4.8-5.3.........MINOR......
RIVERHEAD..........717 PM.........5.6-6.1.........MODERATE...
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