[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/25/2002 11:05:40 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WHUS41 KPHI 251602
CFWPHI
NJZ012>014-024>026-251900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1100 AM EST WED DEC 25 2002

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST AND RARITAN BAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A COASTAL 
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 200 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NEW JERSEY 
COAST AND RARITAN BAY.

A STRONG EAST WIND COMBINED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL RAISE TIDE 
LEVELS TO BETWEEN 7.5 AND 8.5 FT MLLW AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH 
TIDE...WHICH IS BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON ALONG THE COAST AND AN HOUR 
OR TWO LATER IN THE BACK BAYS.

REMEMBER...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT MODERATE OR GREATER 
COASTAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE 
WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME STRONGER 
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH SHOULD RAPIDLY LOWER 
TIDE LEVELS BEFORE THE NEXT HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. 

$$

KRAUS




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