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Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in New York, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

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Minor flooding

Fort Pond Bay at Montauk (IN MLLW), NY

Gauge
Tide gauge (coastal water level) · MTKN6 · NWS OKX
Observed
Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
Forecast
Forecast issued · crest 4.1 ft at · below flood stage (4.1 ft) by : minor flooding
Stages
Flood (minor) 4.1 ft · Moderate 4.9 ft · Major 6.6 ft
Forecasts
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Forecast hydrograph

Forecast stage at Montauk (IN MLLW), in ftNWS forecast for Montauk (IN MLLW), issued 12 Nov 20:04Z: a crest of 4.1 ft at 13 Nov 16:00Z. Flood stage is 4.1 ft; the forecast falls below it by 13 Nov 18:00Z. No recent observation at action stage or above is held.012345613 Nov 00Z14 Nov 00Z15 Nov 00Z16 Nov 00ZFlood (minor) 4.1 ftModerate 4.9 ftNowUTCft
NWS forecast, issued : the line is the forecast stage, each dot one of NWS’s points; the ringed dot is the latest observation, when one at action stage or above is held. Earlier observations are not held here, so no observed line is drawn. Higher stages not drawn: major 6.6 ft. Minor flooding at its worst, observed or forecast. Data: NOAA/NWPS.
The forecast points as a table
TimeStage
2.7 ft
2.3 ft
2.1 ft
2.1 ft
2.2 ft
2.7 ft
3.1 ft
3.6 ft
3.8 ft
3.8 ft
3.6 ft
3.3 ft
3.1 ft
2.8 ft
2.5 ft
2.4 ft
2.6 ft
2.9 ft
3.4 ft
3.8 ft
4.1 ft
4.1 ft
3.9 ft
3.5 ft
3.2 ft
2.7 ft
2.2 ft
2 ft
1.9 ft
2.1 ft
2.5 ft
2.9 ft
3.3 ft
3.5 ft
3.4 ft
3.2 ft
3 ft
2.7 ft
2.4 ft
2.3 ft
2.2 ft
2.4 ft
2.7 ft
3.1 ft
3.4 ft
3.6 ft
3.5 ft
3.3 ft
2.9 ft
2.6 ft
2.1 ft
1.7 ft
1.4 ft
1.3 ft
1.6 ft
1.9 ft
2.3 ft
2.5 ft
2.7 ft
2.6 ft
2.3 ft
2.1 ft
1.9 ft
1.7 ft
1.5 ft
1.5 ft
1.7 ft
2 ft
2.4 ft
2.7 ft
2.8 ft
2.9 ft
2.7 ft
2.4 ft
2 ft
1.6 ft
1.2 ft
1 ft
1.1 ft
1.3 ft
1.6 ft
2 ft
2.3 ft
2.4 ft

What NWS lists at this gauge

NWS lists four impacts for this gauge, none at or below the highest stage observed or forecast.

NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .

NWPS’s page for MTKN6 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in New York

Rain and rivers in New York

  • Expected rain: 0.25 in or more at its highest in New York, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: 4 to 6 in at its highest in New York, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: 1 gauge in flood in New York, by NWS’s lists read . Minor flooding Fort Pond Bay at Montauk (IN MLLW), NY. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 4.1 ft at · below flood stage (4.1 ft) by : minor flooding. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in New York

One gauge in flood in New York, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.

Minor flooding 1

  1. Forecast: minor flooding Fort Pond Bay at Montauk (IN MLLW), NYNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 4.1 ft at · below flood stage (4.1 ft) by : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 1

Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.

  1. Forecast: action stage Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, NYNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 4 ft at : action stage

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

New York flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.