The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning and Wind Advisory for Nassau-Sufflok. The Advisory and Warning are for today, May 12, from 1 to 6 PM. Expect Power Outages throughout the day.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
410 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON…
AN INTENSE STORM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WILL MOVE OFFSHORE THIS MORNING…AND PASS WELL SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND TODAY. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN FURTHER THIS MORNING…AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
NJZ005-006-011-NYZ071>081-121615-/O.CON.KOKX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080512T2100Z/
ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 410 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON…
AN INTENSE STORM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TODAY. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING…WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON…BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES…CAUSING DAMAGE TO PARKED CARS AND POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND… AND SHOULD BE SECURED. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH…OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
621 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY DURING THE HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING…
WITH RELATIVELY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND TIDAL DEPARTURES OF AROUND 2 1/2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL…MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
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/O.NEW.KOKX.CF.W.0002.080512T1700Z-080512T2200Z/NASSAU-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 621 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA THIS MORNING… AND TRACK SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. THIS WILL PRODUCE A STRONG NORTHEAST TO EVENTUALLY NORTH FLOW TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT…TIDAL DEPARTURES OF AROUND 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH RELATIVELY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONALLY…WIDESPREAD MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY SHORE WITH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE OCCURRING EARLY THIS EVENING…AND TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 2 1/2 TO 3 FEET.
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LIPA reports as of 5/12/08, 8:01 AM , 59 customers without power in Wantagh and 1 in Seaford. There are about 1,358 customers without power Island-wide. Expect more into the adternoon.
http://www.lipower.org/stormcenter/outages/outagemap.html
May 12, 2008 at 2:19 pm
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