[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 09/10/2002 04:49:28

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WWUS81 KPHI 100900
SPSPHI
DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-110900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2002

...SUBTROPICAL STORM GUSTAV MAY BRING RIP CURRENTS TO THE DELAWARE 
AND NEW JERSEY COASTS THROUGH TONIGHT...

SUBTROPICAL STORM GUSTAV...WHICH WAS LOCATED ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTH 
OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING...IS FORECAST TO 
MOVE NORTH TOWARD THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY BEFORE
TURNING NORTHEAST AND OUT TO SEA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

ALTHOUGH THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE 
NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS...RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE MAY 
OCCUR DUE TO THE INCREASING SWELLS FROM GUSTAV TODAY INTO TONIGHT. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL 
WATERS LATE TONIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SWING AROUND TO THE 
NORTHWEST...LESSENING THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS BY WEDNESDAY 
MORNING.

THIS LATE IN THE SUMMER SEASON...MANY BEACHES ARE NO LONGER 
PATROLLED BY LIFEGUARDS. ANYONE VENTURING INTO THE WATER SHOULD BE 
ESPECIALLY CAREFUL FOR INCREASING SURF AND RIP CURRENTS.

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