The rapid passage of a weakened Tropical Storm Floyd through New York State appears to have resulted in only minor coastal flooding on Long Island. In the Town of Hempstead, along the South Shore of Nassau County, Tropical Storm Floyd arrived near the time of predicted low tide. As a result, the storm surge of roughly three feet--measured at a U.S. Geological Survey tide gage at the Town’s Marine Lab--did not inundate adjacent barrier island and low-lying mainland communities.
The Town of Hempstead, which has recorded past coastal flooding from hurricanes and intense nor’easters (northeast coastal storms), has worked with the USGS since 1997 to monitor storm-tide levels and coastal weather conditions. This information is collected from the USGS monitoring site_no on Reynolds Channel at Point Lookout, N.Y., and allows storm progress to be monitored in near real-time by Town officials, the National Weather Service and other emergency management organizations, and the public. For USGS Near Real-Time Data on Tide-Stage Conditions in New York State:
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