[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/16/2002 13:45:16

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WWUS81 KPHI 161751
SPSPHI
NJZ024-025-162300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
150 PM EDT WED OCT 16 2002

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON...

AN EARLY SEASON NOR'EASTER WAS OFF THE SOUTHERN DELAWARE COAST 
AROUND NOON. IT WILL MOVE NORTH JUST OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST THIS 
AFTERNOON...REACHING CENTRAL LONG ISLAND BY EVENING. 

A STRONG AND PERSISTENT ONSHORE WIND HAS PUSHED WATER IN ALONG THE 
COAST AND BACK BAYS.  WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SHIFT TO NORTH EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST...AND SHOULD SWING 
AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST WELL BEFORE THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON.  HIGH TIDE AT THE COAST WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM...AND 
AN HOUR OR TWO LATER ON THE BACK BAYS.  

MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ALONG 
THE COAST FROM LITTLE EGG INLET NEW JERSEY TO CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY... 
INCLUDING THE BACK BAYS. 

OFFSHORE WINDS TONIGHT WILL LOWER THE WATER LEVELS...AND NO 
ADDITIONAL TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AFTER THIS EVENING.

FURTHER NORTH...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NEW 
JERSEY COAST NORTH OF LITTLE EGG INLET FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON HIGH 
TIDE.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING...BE PREPARED
TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE TO HIGHER GROUND...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE.

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KRAUS



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