Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED WASHOVERS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...VULNERABLE COASTAL LOCALES IN SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK,
INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHFRONT.

* TIMING...DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.

* COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...ONE TO LOCALLY TWO FEET OF INUNDATION
ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IS POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR
SHORELINES AND TIDAL WATERWAYS. SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING
PROPERTIES INCLUDING PARKING LOTS, PARKS, LAWNS, AND HOMES AND
BUSINESSES WITH BASEMENTS NEAR THE WATERFRONT WILL EXPERIENCE
SHALLOW FLOODING.

* SHORELINE IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF ELEVATED WATER LEVELS
AND HIGH SURF ALONG THE OCEAN BEACHFRONT WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND AREAS OF EROSION TO DUNE
STRUCTURES. LOCALIZED WASHOVERS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL, RESULTING
IN SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND VULNERABLE STRUCTURES BEHIND
PROTECTIVE DUNES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

&&

TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR.

GREAT SOUTH BAY AT LINDENHURST NY
MLLW CATEGORIES - MINOR 3.1 FT, MODERATE 3.6 FT, MAJOR 4.1 FT
MHHW CATEGORIES - MINOR 1.6 FT, MODERATE 2.1 FT, MAJOR 2.6 FT

TOTAL      TOTAL    DEPARTURE
DAY/TIME    TIDE       TIDE     FROM NORM   WAVES    FLOOD
FT MLLW    FT MHHW       FT       FT      IMPACT
--------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------  --------
18/02 PM   2.8/ 3.4   1.4/ 1.9   1.6/ 2.0    1-2     MINOR
19/03 AM   2.2/ 2.7   0.8/ 1.3   1.2/ 1.7     1       NONE


&&

Weather Alert

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS AND SEAS...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 33 KT AND/OR SEAS OF 5 FT OR HIGHER ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING, AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&
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Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore Attends a Victorian Tea Hosted by the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society
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Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore Attends a Victorian Tea Hosted by the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society

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Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore recently attended a Victorian Tea hosted by the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society. The tea took place in a beautiful house called The Maples on Pond Road in Lake Ronkonkoma. Read more