01-22-2005, 03:36 AM
Quote:Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...BRONX NY-HUDSON NJ-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- 1020 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005
... COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FROM 400 AM EST SUNDAY UNTIL 100 PM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING.
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN OFF THE DELMARVA COAST SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW WILL INCREASE NORTHEAST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY EVENING... GRADUALLY TURNING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 2 1/2 TO 3 FT ACROSS THE SHORES OF THE GREAT SOUTH BAY... ATLANTIC OCEAN... AND NEW YORK HARBOR... AND DEPARTURES OF 4 TO 4 1/2 FT ACROSS THE SHORES OF PECONIC BAY AND LONG ISLAND SOUND. THESE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LUNAR TIDES WHICH WILL BE APPROACHING ASTRONOMICAL HIGHS. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND THE SHORES OF NEW YORK HARBOR. WIDESPREAD MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHORES OF PECONIC BAY... AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND. THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS WILL BE THE BACK BAYS AND INLETS. TO MAKE THINGS WORSE THE STRONG NORTHEAST AND NORTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 6 TO 10 FT CRASHING UPON THE SHORELINE... INCREASING POTENTIAL DAMAGE.
THOSE AREAS AFFECTED BY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 FT OF WASHOVER OVER ROADS... INUNDATION OF CARS AND A SOME SMALL SCALE STRUCTURES... MODERATE SHORELINE EROSION... AND HEAVY SURF....
Quote:evere Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...BRONX NY-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- 350 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005
... A BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON SUNDAY ...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING.
SNOW WILL MOVE IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 12 TO 15 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AND WILL BE QUITE GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST SUNDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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