[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 11/05/2002 16:15:20

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WHUS41 KPHI 052115
CFWPHI
DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>026-060300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
409 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
UNTIL 1100 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

INLAND SUSSEX...DELAWARE BEACHES...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...
EASTERN MONMOUTH...CAPE MAY...COASTAL 
OCEAN...ATLANTIC...OCEAN...COASTAL ATLANTIC...WESTERN MONMOUTH AND 
MIDDLESEX.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR 
MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT IS IN 
THE NEW JERSEY BACK BAYS. THERE IS A LESSER THREAT ALONG THE 
ATLANTIC COAST FROM SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY SOUTH TO FENWICK ISLAND 
DELAWARE...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 MID 
ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INTENSIFY INTO A POWERFUL 
STORM AS IT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. 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. 

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.

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

REMEMBER...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THE THREAT OF MODERATE OR 
GREATER COASTAL FLOODING IS IMMINENT.

BACK BAY FLOODING...FLOODING IN BAYS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF COASTAL 
BARRIER ISLANDS...TENDS TO OCCUR UP TO TWO HOURS AFTER OCEAN COASTAL 
FLOODING.

SOME BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND TIME OF THE HIGH 
TIDE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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