Coastal Flood — Southern Middlesex, Connecticut

2018-11-16 · Southern Middlesex, Connecticut

Event narrative

The water level at the nearby New Haven NOS tidal gauge reached a peak of 9.6 ft MLLW between 05:27 AM EST and 05:51 AM EST on the 16th.

The moderate coastal flood threshold of 9.2 ft MLLW there was exceeded between 04:57 AM EST and 06:21 AM EST.

Wider weather episode

Easterly Gale to Storm force winds resulted in tidal departures

of 3-5 ft above astronomical high tides around the times of high

tide overnight into early Friday morning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 795050. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.