Surface low pressure moved off the southern Mid Atlantic coast the morning of March 6th, and continued moving slowly east into the north Atlantic through March 9th while intensifying. A prolonged period of strong north to northeast winds and easterly swells, resulted in several days of minor coastal flooding March 6th through March 10th.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Surface low pressure moved off the southern Mid Atlantic coast the morning of March 6th, and continued moving slowly east into the north Atlantic through March 9th while intensifying. A prolonged period of strong north to northeast winds and easterly swells, resulted in several days of minor coastal flooding March 6th through March 10th. Locally moderate coastal flooding occurred during this time along the southern and eastern bays of Long Island.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 7, 12:39 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
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7 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The USGS tidal gauge in Hudson Bay at Freeport recorded a water level of 6.0 ft. MLLW during the early morning high tide cycle on March 7th. This is .2 ft. above the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.
The USGS tidal gauge in Riverhead recorded a water level of 6.1 ft. MLLW during the March 7th morning high tide cycle. This is at the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.
The USGS tidal gauge in Riverhead recorded a water level of 6.1 ft. MLLW during the March 7th morning high tide cycle. This is at the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.
The USGS tidal gauge in Hudson Bay at Freeport recorded a water level of 6.2 ft. MLLW during the early morning high tide cycle on March 9th. This is .4 ft. above the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.|The USGS tidal gauge in East Rockaway at Point Lookout recorded a water level of 7.0 ft. MLLW during the early morning high tide cycle on March 9th. This is at the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.
The USGS tidal gauge in Lindenhurst recorded a water level of 3.9 ft. MLLW during the early morning high tide cycle on March 9th. This is .1 ft. above the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service. Locally moderate road and home inundation was experienced across several communities along the Great South bay in southern Lindenhurst, Copaigue, and Amityville.
The USGS tidal gauge in Hudson Bay at Freeport recorded a water level of 6.0 ft. MLLW during the evening high tide cycle on March 9th. This is .2 ft. above the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.
The USGS tidal gauge in Lindenhurst recorded a water level of 3.8 ft. MLLW during the evening high tide cycle on March 9th. This is at the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 2013
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: 443267, 443254, 443255, 443269, 443271, 443272, 443273.