Coastal Flood — Southeast Suffolk, New York
October 28, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Coastal communities along Southeast Suffolk County experienced 2 to 3 successive tidal cycles with at least moderate coastal flooding, with 2 of those tidal cycles well above major flood thresholds. The peak of this surge occurred Monday Night as Sandy made landfall in Southern New Jersey, with widespread major coastal flooding occurring along the Great South Bay, Atlantic Ocean and Peconic and Gardiners Bays. Peak storm tides surpassed all previously documented high water marks, including the October 31, 1991 and December 11, 1992 nor'easters and the recorded peaks from Hurricane Irene in 2011.||The storm tide levels along the Great South Bay, Gardiners Bay and Atlantic Ocean resulted from a peak storm surge of about 5 to 6 feet that coincided with normal high tides, while surge was aroun
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.