[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 11/05/2002 03:41:28

[n2qae@arrl.net]

WHUS41 KPHI 050844
CFWPHI
DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>026-051700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2002

...MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH        
   TIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY SOUTH TO FENWICK
ISLAND DELAWARE...INCLUDING THE BACK BAYS AND COASTAL INLETS...
AS WELL AS THE SECTIONS OF MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES IN
NEW JERSEY ALONG RARITAN BAY. 

LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE OFF THE
DELMARVA COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTENSIFY INTO A POWERFUL
STORM AS IT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE
STORM. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...WITH HEIGHTS
POSSIBLY REACHING 7.5 TO 8 FT MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AROUND THE TIME
OF HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES OFF THE COAST WILL BE CRITICAL
TO THE AREA MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS
THAT THE NORTHERN AREAS...THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF OCEAN...
MONMOUTH...AND MIDDLESEX...WILL BE MOST AT RISK...BECAUSE THE
ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE MORNING HIGH TIDE.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WIND SHIFT TO OFFSHORE WILL OCCUR EARLIER
IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS AND POSSIBLE SPARE THOSE AREAS OF MODERATE
FLOODING.

WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH TIDES...

SANDY HOOK ........ 829 AM
SEASIDE HEIGHTS ... 759 AM
ATLANTIC CITY ..... 804 AM
CAPE MAY .......... 836 AM
BREAKWATER HARBOR . 916 AM
FENWICK ISLAND .... 815 AM

HIGH TIDES ON THE BACK BAYS OCCUR LATER THAN ALONG THE OCEANFRONT.

STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS LATER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL
LOWER THE WATER LEVELS...AND NO ADDITIONAL TIDAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.

REMEMBER...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT MODERATE COASTAL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. WHEN AND IF IT BECOMES
EVIDENT THAT MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER
RADIO STATION...OR CONTACT YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

$$

RPW




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