Event Summary

A deep area of low pressure approached from the southeast, and passed just south of Long Island. High winds from this Nor’easter resulted in scattered damage. At 9:03 pm, a 20 foot section of a 1 story scaffold collapsed at 275 Convent Avenue. At roughly the same time, a compromised light pole was knocked down by high winds over the Harlem River Drive. On December 26, a mesonet measured a wind gust of 59 mph near Rockaway Beach at 10:40 pm. High winds knocked down scaffolding at Bay Parkway and 72nd street at 3:17 am. Scaffold collapsed at 47th and 8th Avenues at 4:30 am. Low pressure taking shape over the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley on Christmas Day intensified into a nor'easter as it moved into the Tennessee Valley on the 26th, passing just south of Long Island the morning of the 27th and then moving to Nova Scotia on the 28th. This system brought strong east winds to the region the 26th into the morning of 27th, which resulted in 3 to 5 feet of storm surge and widespread minor to moderate coastal flooding along the coast. The NOS tidal gauge at Kings Point recorded a water level of 11.17 ft. MLLW during the nighttime high tide cycle of December 26th, 2012. This is .67 feet above the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service. The NOS tidal gauge at Kings Point recorded a water level of 11.17 ft. MLLW during the nighttime high tide cycle of December 26th, 2012. This is .67 feet above the threshold for moderate coastal flooding established by the National Weather Service.