A short period of strong east to northeast winds developed between stubborn high pressure over the Canadian Maritimes and intensifying low pressure tracking up the coast and over the region. These winds combined with long period se swells and astronomically high tides to pile waters long the coast, causing widespread minor and localized moderate coastal flooding along Western Long Island Sound,…
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
A short period of strong east to northeast winds developed between stubborn high pressure over the Canadian Maritimes and intensifying low pressure tracking up the coast and over the region. These winds combined with long period se swells and astronomically high tides to pile waters long the coast, causing widespread minor and localized moderate coastal flooding along Western Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, and the south shore bays of Nassau and Queens Counties.
1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The USGS gauge at Freeport exceeded its moderate flood stage of 5.8 feet MLLW at 7:30 am (EDT), peaking at 5.96 feet MLLW at 8:00 am (EDT).
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