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Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS New York, NY

October 8, 20135 counties in New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 8, 2013, 3:54 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Oct 9, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2013, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Bronx County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -213 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

659 
WHUS41 KOKX 081954
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
354 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2013

...LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...


CTZ009-NYZ071-073-176-177-091000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0021.131009T1800Z-131009T2000Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-
354 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2013


* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN
  WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...THE BRONX...NORTHERN QUEENS AND NORTHERN
  NASSAU COUNTIES.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM ON
  WEDNESDAY. 

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.

$$
3 follow-up statements
359 
WHUS41 KOKX 090827
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
427 AM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

...LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON...

NJZ006-106-108-NYZ074-075-178-179-091700-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0022.131009T1400Z-131009T1700Z/
HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
427 AM EDT WED OCT 9 2013


* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE COASTS OF THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF
  NASSAU...QUEENS AND BROOKLYN COUNTIES...NEW YORK
  HARBOR...RARITAN AND NEWARK BAYS...THE ARTHUR KILL...AND TIDALLY
  AFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE HACKENSACK AND PASSAIC RIVERS.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/4 FOOT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM
  TODAY.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL

$$

NYZ078-092000-
/O.EXB.KOKX.CF.S.0021.131009T1700Z-131009T2000Z/
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
427 AM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/4 FOOT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM
  TODAY.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.


$$

CTZ009-NYZ071-073-176-177-092000-
/O.EXT.KOKX.CF.S.0021.131009T1700Z-131009T2000Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-
427 AM EDT WED OCT 9 2013


* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND 
  SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...THE BRONX...NORTHERN QUEENS 
  AND NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTIES.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/4 FOOT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM
  TODAY.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.


$$
999 
WHUS41 KOKX 091700
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
100 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

...LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

NJZ006-106-108-NYZ074-075-178-179-091800-
/O.EXP.KOKX.CF.S.0022.000000T0000Z-131009T1700Z/
HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
100 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE FOR NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS
HAS PASSED. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

CTZ009-NYZ071-073-078-176-177-092000-
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-131009T2000Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-
100 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND 
  SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...THE BRONX...NORTHERN QUEENS 
  AND NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTIES.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/4 FOOT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.

$$
330 
WHUS41 KOKX 091955
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
355 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

...INCREASING THREAT OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THURSDAY...

CTZ009-NYZ071-073-176-177-100400-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.Y.0015.131010T1900Z-131010T2200Z/
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-131009T2000Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-
355 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM EDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM EDT
THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE COAST OF THE WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL
  TIDES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AREAS.

* TIMING...DURING HIGH TIDE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE TIDAL SURGE AND MODERATE TO
  HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL
  FLOODING...LEADING TO FLOODING OF SHORE ROADS...AND OTHER LOW
  LYING...VULNERABLE AREAS AS WELL AS BASEMENTS. IMPACT ON
  PROPERTY IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL.

* OUTLOOK...ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGH
  TIDE CYCLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LINGERING LOCALIZED IMPACTS
  INTO THE WEEKEND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

&&

...WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND WATER LEVELS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

COASTAL              TIME OF       FORECAST TOTAL    FLOOD     
LOCATION             HIGH TIDE      WATER LEVEL      CATEGORY  
                                      (MLLW)                   

KINGS POINT NY .......3:34 PM..........9.4-9.8........MINOR..
GLEN COVE NY .........3:48 PM..........9.7-10.1.......MINOR..
BRIDGEPORT CT ........3:58 PM..........8.7-9.1........MINOR..
STAMFORD CT ..........4:01 PM..........9.4-9.8........MINOR..

$$

NYZ075-178-179-100400-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.Y.0014.131010T1500Z-131010T1800Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
355 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM EDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM EDT
THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE COASTS OF THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF
  QUEENS...BROOKLYN...AND NASSAU COUNTY. 

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL
  TIDES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AREAS.

* BEACH EROSION...BREAKING WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FT
  BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH
  EROSION.

* TIMING...DURING HIGH TIDE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BETWEEN 11 AM
  AND 2 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE TIDAL SURGE...MODERATE TO HEAVY
  RAIN...AND HIGH SURF COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL
  FLOODING...LEADING TO FLOODING OF SHORE ROADS...AND OTHER LOW
  LYING...VULNERABLE AREAS AS WELL AS BASEMENTS. IMPACT ON
  PROPERTY IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL.

* OUTLOOK...ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGH
  TIDE CYCLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LINGERING LOCALIZED IMPACTS
  INTO THE WEEKEND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

&&

...SOUTH SHORE BAYS WATER LEVELS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

COASTAL              TIME OF       FORECAST TOTAL    FLOOD     
LOCATION             HIGH TIDE      WATER LEVEL      CATEGORY  
                                    (MLLW/NGVD)                

ROCKAWAY INLET NY ....12:31 PM....7.1-7.5/5.1-5.5......MINOR..
JAMAICA BAY NY ........1:11 PM....7.5-7.9/5.3-5.7......MINOR..
E ROCKAWAY INLET NY ..12:25 PM....5.8-6.2/4.3-4.7......MINOR..
POINT LOOKOUT NY .....12:12 PM....5.3-5.7/4.2-4.6......MINOR..
FREEPORT NY ...........1:09 PM....5.0-5.4/4.2-4.6......MINOR..

$$

NYZ078-100400-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0023.131010T1900Z-131010T2200Z/
/O.CON.KOKX.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-131009T2000Z/
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
355 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

* LOCATIONS...COASTS OF NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/4 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM
  THURSDAY. THE THREAT FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL SUBSIDE BY 5 PM. 

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.

$$

NJZ006-NYZ072-074-100400-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0023.131010T1600Z-131010T1900Z/
HUDSON-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
355 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

* LOCATIONS...COASTLINE AROUND NEW YORK HARBOR. 

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 12 AND 3 PM
  THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.

$$

NYZ080-100400-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0023.131010T1700Z-131010T2000Z/
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
355 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

* LOCATIONS...COASTS OF SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 1 AND 4 PM
  THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.

$$

CTZ010-100400-
/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.S.0023.131010T1900Z-131010T2200Z/
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
355 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2013

* LOCATIONS...COASTS OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY. 

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM
  THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS
  AND/OR BASEMENTS. ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY WILL BE MINIMAL.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 3:17 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX6 days

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.