[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 11/05/2002 11:40:57

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WHUS41 KPHI 051641
CFWPHI
DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>026-052200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1140 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 THE RARITAN BAY. 

LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE OFF THE 
DELMARVA COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INTENSIFY INTO A POWERFUL 
STORM AS IT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH 
THURSDAY. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP 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 AT 829 AM.
SEASIDE HEIGHTS AT 759 AM.
ATLANTIC CITY AT 804 AM.
CAPE MAY AT 836 AM.
BREAKWATER HARBOR AT 916 AM.
FENWICK ISLAND AT 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 OR GREATER 
COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. WHEN AND IF IT 
BECOMES EVIDENT THAT MODERATE OR GREATER 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.

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