Jan 24, 2017
A slow moving Nor'easter impacted successive high tide cycles with widespread minor to locally moderate coastal flooding on the evening of 1/23 and widespread moderate to locally major coastal flooding the morning of 1/24. ||Thirty six hours of east northeast gale to storm force winds helped build surge values to 3 to 4 feet above astronomical tides for the 1/24 morning high tide cycle. This caused widespread moderate to locally major coastal flooding along the southern and eastern bays and beac
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 676636). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Southeast Suffolk County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.