Coastal Flood, Nassau
- When
- April 18, 9:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Nassau forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Coastal Flood in New York, April 18, 2007
Isolated moderate coastal flooding lingered behind a strong Nor'easter that impacted coastal New England in the days prior to Wednesday, April 18. The combination of a persistent long fetch northeast flow and a period of higher than normal spring tides resulted in tidal piling in the back bays of western Long Island.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Isolated moderate coastal flooding lingered behind a strong Nor'easter that impacted coastal New England in the days prior to Wednesday, April 18. The combination of a persistent long fetch northeast flow and a period of higher than normal spring tides resulted in tidal piling in the back bays of western Long Island.
Event by event
1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Coastal Flood
- Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Colorado, April 18, 2007
- High Wind in Arizona, April 18, 2007
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Utah, April 18 to 20, 2007
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, April 18 to 21, 2007
- Cold in California, April 18, 2007
- High Wind in California, April 18, 2007
- Coastal Flood in Pennsylvania, April 18 to 21, 2007
- High Wind in Montana, April 18, 2007
- High Wind in California, April 18, 2007
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, April 18, 2007
- Hail in Montana, April 18, 2007
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, April 18 to 20, 2007
More
Every storm in New York in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 2007
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 46224.