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Coastal Flood — Southern Queens, NY

Jan 20, 2019

Deepening low pressure tracked from the southeast United States on Saturday January 19, 2019 to the northeast on Sunday January 20, 2019. The low produced moderate coastal flooding along parts of the south shore of Long Island and New York City, and along western Long Island Sound, during the morning high tide cycle of the 20th.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 803008). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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