Coastal Flood — Southern Nassau, New York

2019-11-18 · Southern Nassau, New York

Event narrative

A peak water level of 6.3 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport from 2019-11-18 11:48 EST to 2019-11-18 12:30 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-11-18 11:30 EST to 2019-11-18 12:42 EST.

Wider weather episode

A passing offshore storm helped produce isolated moderate coastal flooding across the south shore bays of Nassau county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 864016. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.