Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS New York, NY

NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-111600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - ONE OF THE WORST COASTAL STORMS EVER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
915 AM EST FRI DEC 11 1992

...HIGH WIND WARNING AND COASTAL FLOOD WARNING TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND INTERIOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHEASTERN
AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY...ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER
COUNTIES...AND LONG ISLAND...
...STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY...

AN INTENSE STORM CENTER OVER CHESAPEAKE BAY THIS MORNING IS CAUSING
VERY STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ACROSS OUR AREA AND HAS DUMPED
HEAVY RAIN IN MOST SECTIONS WITH HEAVY SNOW OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF
NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

THE STRONG EAST WINDS ARE COMBINING WITH ASTRONOMICAL MONTHLY HIGH
TIDES TO CREATE VERY ROUGH SEAS AND EXTREMELY HIGH TIDES RUNNING 4
FEET ABOVE NORMAL.   THIS IS CAUSING VERY MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG
WITH EXTENSIVE BEACH EROSION ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND
MONMOUTH COUNTY.

THE HEIGHT OF COASTAL FLOODING IS BEGINNING NOW WITH HIGH TIDES
AT THE BATTERY OCCURRING AT 8.52 AM...AT SANDY HOOK JUST AT
8.18 AM...AT PATCHOGUE ON GREAT SOUTH BAY AT 11.40 AM...AND AT BABYLON
AT 10.29 AM.  COASTAL FLOODING WITH THIS STORM WILL EXCEED THE FLOODING
THAT OCCURRED WITH THE HALLOWEEN STORM AND MIGHT EVEN BE HIGHER THAN
THE NOREASTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 1950 AND 1953 AND MARCH OF 1962.
ROUTES 35...36 AND 71 ARE CLOSED IN MONMOUTH COUNTY WITH SEVERE
FLOODING.  EVACUATIONS ARE BEING ORDERED ALONG SECTIONS OF MONMOUTH
COUNTY WITH A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN UNION BEACH.

ON LONG ISLAND SEVERE EROSION WAS REPORTED IN THE HAMPTONS.  FLOODING
IN LONG BEACH HAS EXCEEDED THE FLOODING FROM THE HALLOWEEN STORM.
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE ROBERT MOSES CAUSEWAY...WANTAGH AND MEADOWBROOK
STATE PARKWAYS AND THE BELT PARKWAY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

IN ADDITION HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA IS CAUSING
URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN.  SO FAR THE STREAMS HAVE BEEN STAYING WITHIN THEIR
BANKS...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE THEM TO GO OVER.

FARTHER INLAND WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWS HAVE DUMPED FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES
IN SUSSEX AND ORANGE COUNTIES WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES REPORTED ALONG THE
NORTHERN TIERS OF ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES AS WELL AS
MOST OF PUTNAM COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
OVERE HIGHER TERRAIN.

ALSO WIND GUSTS ALONG COASTAL AREAS HAVE REACHED CLOSE TO 70 MPH
AT ISLIP AIRPORT AND THE SANDY HOOK COAST GUARD STATIONS.  NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN AND STORNG GUSTY WINDS AS HIGH AS
50 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG COASTAL AREAS FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

THE STORM SHOULD DRIFT OFF THE MARYLAND COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND BE
SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND DURING TONIGHT.  BY LATE SATURDAY THE CENTER
IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MONTAUK POINT. WINDS
SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM
DRIFTS TOWARD THE EAST.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING STORM.  IF YOU ARE TOLD TO EVACUATE
DO SO.  THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE TODAY IS INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN EASILY DOWN TREES AND COULD EVEN BLOW IN
WEAKER WINDOWS.  DO NOT DRIVE UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

ALTHOUGH COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD BE NOT AS SEVERE TONIGHT...THERE
WILL BE ADDITIONAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING AND
WITH THE BATTERING AND EROSION OF THIS MORNING...LESS BEACH FRONT
TO PROTECT COASTAL AREAS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BH 1230 PM.

GIGI

NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-111600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SNOW AND WIND REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1100 AM EST FRI DEC 11 1992

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND INTERIOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEARBY NORTH AND WEST COUNTIES...
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL AREAS...

STRONGEST WINDS

74 MPH  AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT (HURRICANE FORCE GUST)
70 MPH  AT SANDY HOOK
69 MPH  AT ISLIP AIRPORT
62 MPH  AT CENTRAL PARK
60 MPH  WHITE PLAINS
60 MPH  HARRISON NEW JERSEY

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
IN NEW JERSEY

14 INCHES WANTAGE
12 INCHES HIGHLAND LAKES
12 INCHES VERNON
10 INCHES WEST MILFORD
 5 INCHES BRANCHVILLE
 2 INCHES BOONTON

IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

 8  INCHES ORANGE COUNTY
 6  INCHES CENTRAL ROCKLAND COUNTY
5.5 INCHES WEST MOHAPAC AND YORKTOWN
 5  INCHES CARMEL
 4  INCHES POUND RIDGE AND NORTH SALEM
 3  INCHES CROTON FALL

REPORTS OF WINDOWS BXEING BLOWN IN HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED FROM
WHITE PLAINS.  DO NOT GO OUTDOORS UNLESS ITS AN EXTREME EMERGENCY
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS INDOORS.

GIGI

NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-111600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SNOW AND WIND REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1100 AM EST FRI DEC 11 1992...COR FOR NEW GUST FOR LGA

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND INTERIOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEARBY NORTH AND WEST COUNTIES...
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL AREAS...

STRONGEST WINDS

77 MPH  AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT (HURRICANE FORCE GUST)
70 MPH  AT SANDY HOOK
69 MPH  AT ISLIP AIRPORT
62 MPH  AT CENTRAL PARK
60 MPH  WHITE PLAINS
60 MPH  HARRISON NEW JERSEY

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
IN NEW JERSEY

14 INCHES WANTAGE
12 INCHES HIGHLAND LAKES
12 INCHES VERNON
10 INCHES WEST MILFORD
 5 INCHES BRANCHVILLE
 2 INCHES BOONTON

IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

 8  INCHES ORANGE COUNTY
 6  INCHES CENTRAL ROCKLAND COUNTY
5.5 INCHES WEST MOHAPAC AND YORKTOWN
 5  INCHES CARMEL
 4  INCHES POUND RIDGE AND NORTH SALEM
 3  INCHES CROTON FZALL

REPORTS OF WINDOWS BEING BLOWN IN HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED FROM
WHITE PLAINS.  DO NOT GO OUTDOORS UNLESS ITS AN EXTREME EMERGENCY
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS INDOORS.

GIGI

NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - ONE OF THE WORST COASTAL STORMS EVER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1250 PM EST FRI DEC 11 1992

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND
INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON OVER NEARBY NORTHERN
AND WESTERN SUBURBS...
...FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 3:15 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST AND
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...NEW YORK CITY...
AND LONG ISLAND...
...STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...

AN INTENSE STORM CENTER OVER DELAWARE BAY AT NOON TIME HAS BASHED
THE METROPOLITAN AREA WITH WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE AND SOME OF
THE WORST COASTAL FLOODING EVER ASSOCIATED WITH A NOREASTER.

TIDES WERE REPORTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE THIS MORNING.  THIS PUSHED TIDE LEVELS CLOSE TO IF NOT EXCEEDING
THE ALL-TIME RECORD TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOREASTERS IN 1950.

WIDESPREAD TIDAL FLOODING AND DAMAGE WERE REPORTED AT ALL COASTAL
LOCATIONS AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.  LAGUARDIA AIRPORT WAS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING.  THE FDR AND HARLEM RIVER DRIVES HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.  ALL THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED NEAR THE SOUTH SHORE
OF LONG ISLAND.  WATER REACHED AS FAR INLAND AS MONTAUK HIGHWAY
ON LONG ISLAND.  SEVERE FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN MONMOUTH COUNTY
WITH MAIN ROADWAYS AND THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
SEVERAL TOWNS ALONG THE COAST HAVE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
THE SEA WALL COLLAPSED AT CEDAR GROVE BEACH...A CONDO COMPLEX COLLAPSED
AT HIGHLAND.

FLOODING HAS EXTENDED AS FAR NORTH UP THE HUDSON RIVER AS PEEKSKILL
AND STONY POINT WHERE A TRAILER PARK HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE THREE TO FOUR FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF
MAJOR FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE
ACTUAL STORM TIDE SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY BELOW THIS MORNING/S RECORD
LEVEL.

WIND GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE FORCE HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA.
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE
REGION WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN PROGRESS ACROSS LONG ISLAND AT
THIS TIME.  WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS
ON...BUT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET...
ESPECIALLY ON LONG ISLAND.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES IN NEW YORK CITY...
LONG ISLAND AND NEARBY NEW JERSEY AND LOWER WESTCHESTER COUNTY HAS
CAUSED WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING AND SOME STREAMS IF NOT ALREADY...
SHOULD BE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS.

MEANWHILE HEAVY SNOW IS IN PROGRESS THROUGHOUT HIGHER TERRAIN IN
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY.  THE HEAVY WET
SNOW HAS DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES THROUGHOUT THESE AREAS WITH
UP TO 14 INCHES REPORTED.  AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE INCHES
CAN ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW TAPERS OFF.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CATASTROPHIC WEATHER WILL
SLOWLY DRIFT OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

IF YOUR AREA IS BEING EVACUATED...LISTEN TO EMERGENCY MANAGERS.
IF NOT...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN DOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BLOWN IN THROUGHOUT OUR AREA.  DO NOT DRIVE
UNLESS ITS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.  DON/T BE A FOOL DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  THE LIFE YOU SAVE TODAY WILL BE
YOUR OWN.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE OUT BY 5 PM.

GIGI