[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 09/10/2002 16:29:42

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WWUS81 KPHI 102116
SPSPHI
NJZ014-024>026-110300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
515 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2002

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING ALONG THE NEW 
JERSEY COAST...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND SWELLS GENERATED FROM 
TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV...WHICH WAS NEAR CAPE HATTERAS THIS EVENING... 
MAY PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST AROUND 
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS EVENING. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WAS 
OBSERVED AT BOTH CAPE MAY AND SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY WITH THE HIGH 
TIDE AROUND NOON TUESDAY. THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES LATE THIS EVENING 
WILL BE ABOUT A HALF FOOT LOWER...BUT WITH THE CONTINUED SWELLS 
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AGAIN. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY 
COAST WILL BE BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1230 AM TONIGHT. HIGH TIDES IN THE 
BACK BAYS TYPICALLY ARE AN HOUR OR TWO LATER. 

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.
DO NOT DRIVE ON ROUTES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING 
THIS EVENING. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE COAST EARLY 
WEDNESDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY 
SHOULD LOWER WATER LEVELS AND PREVENT ADDITIONAL MINOR TIDAL 
FLOODING WITH THE FOLLOWING HIGH TIDES.

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KRAUS


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