Oct 30, 2017
A southern low rapidly intensified as it raced up the East coast Sunday, and over NYC Sunday Night. This low brought a rapid onset but relatively brief period of SE gale to storm force winds Sunday evening, shifting to WNW gales Monday morning. High seas built into Monday Morning. ||Moderate coastal flooding occurred along the Great South Bay with the Monday morning high tide. Surge continued to increase well after peak onshore winds, with water levels receding briefly or not at all during low t
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 725426). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Southwest Suffolk County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.