[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 11/5/2002 9:38:05 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WHUS41 KPHI 060237
CFWPHI
DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>026-061000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
930 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002

...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 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.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 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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WOODWORTH/MIKETTA



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