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SoMAS Stormy website http://stormy.msrc.sunysb.edu received a total of 286,125 hits in August, peaking at 106,016 hits on August 27th, 2011.
| Aug 26 | 48,383 |
| Aug 27 | 106,016 |
| Aug 28 | 78,776 |
| Aug 29 | 5,613 |
| Aug 30 | 3,240 |
| Aug 31 | 439 |
Posts from National Weather Service re storm surge at the Battery during Hurricane Irene, dated 9:44 am Sunday August 28, 2011.
NOUS41 KOKX 281344
PNSOKX
CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103
108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-282301-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 944 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
AT 8:42 AM EDT THIS MORNING THE TIDE LEVEL AT THE BATTERY REACHED 9.5 FEET MLLW. THIS IS THE SIXTH HIGHEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED AT THE BATTERY. AT 9:06 AM A MAXIMUM SURGE OF 4.5 FEET OCCURRED WITH THIS HIGH TIDE IN COMBINATION WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.
OTHER NOTABLE LEVELS REACHED INCLUDE THE TOP TWO OF 11.2 FEET MLLW AND 10.9 FEET MLLW WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE HURRICANE OF SEPTEMBER 1821 AND HURRICANE DONNA IN 1960 RESPECTIVELY...AND 9.6 FEET MLLW DURING THE NOREASTER OF DECEMBER 1992.
Samples from the NWS storm reports:
0845 AM COASTAL FLOOD HAMPTON BAYS 40.88N 72.52W
08/28/2011 SUFFOLK NY BROADCAST MEDIA
DUNE ROAD UNDER 3 FT OF WATER
0846 AM FLOOD MANHATTAN 40.78N 73.97W
08/28/2011 NEW YORK NY BROADCAST MEDIA
NORTH PART OF HOLLAND TUNNEL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0908 AM COASTAL FLOOD LINDENHURST 40.69N 73.37W
08/28/2011 SUFFOLK NY EMERGENCY MNGR
MOST OF TOWN OF LINDENHURST UNDER WATER