Event Summary

Persistent east winds over several days between broad low pressure over the Southeast United States and stubborn high pressure over Southeast Canada caused water to pile up along the coast. This tidal surge in conjunction with astronomically high tides created several bouts of widespread minor and some locally moderate coastal flooding during the times of high tide along the Southeast NY coast between the fourteenth and nineteenth of May. Tidal surge inundated the corner of 101st Street and 160th Avenue in Howard Beach in Queens as well as Cross Bay Blvd. between West 19th and 20th Streets in Broad Channel Queens between 10:00 pm and 11:00 pm EST on the evening of May 16th.