[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/11/2003 1:26:03 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
127 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2003

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE 
COAST LINES...BACK BAYS AND BAYSHORES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS DISCONTINUED A 
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...BUT MAINTAINS A COASTAL FLLOD WATCH...
UNTIL 700 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN DELAWARE...
KENT...SUSSEX.

IN NEW JERSEY...
CAPE MAY...MONMOUTH...OCEAN...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND...MIDDLESEX AND 
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON.

COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE WAS CONSOLIDATING AND DEEPENING NEAR CAPE HATTERAS 
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THAT LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE TO A 
POSITION OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

THE LOWER HIGH TIDE IN THE TIDE CYCLE WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON.  
BECAUSE OF WAVE ACTION AGGRIVATING THE SITUATION...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING 
IS EXPECTED THEN. THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR DURING THE PREDAWN 
HOURS OF SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED 
THEN...AND WAVE ACTION COULD CAUSE SOME MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. 

THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES...AND THE HEAVY WAVE RUNUP WILL RESULT IN 
BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH 
TIDE. 

FLOODING IN THE BACK BAYS OCCURS LATER THAN ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT.

SOME TIDAL INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

FOR SANDY HOOK ON THE BAY...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 4 13 
THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HEIGHT OF SIX AND ONE HALF FEET. THE NEXT HIGH 
TIDE WILL OCCUR 4 22 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN 
SEVEN AND SEVEN AND ONE HALF FEET. 

FOR SEASIDE HEIGHTS ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL 
OCCUR AT 3 43 THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SIX AND SIX AND 
ONE HALF FEET. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR 3 52 EARLY SATURDAY 
MORNING WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND SEVEN FEET.

FOR ATLANTIC CITY ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL 
OCCUR AT 3 53 THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND SIX FEET. 
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR 4 11 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH A HEIGHT 
OF AROUND 7 FEET.

FOR CAPE MAY ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR 
AT 4 20 THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SIX AND SIX AND ONE 
HALF FEET. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR 4 29 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING 
WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN AND ONE HALF FEET. 

FOR BREAKWATER HARBOR ON DELAWARE BAY...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL 
OCCUR AT 4 56 THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND SIX FEET. 
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR 5 26 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH A HEIGHT 
OF AROUND 7 FEET.

NORMALLY...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OCCURS WHEN TIDES EXCEED SIX AND ONE 
HALF FEET...AND MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING OCCURS WHEN TIDES EXCEED SEVEN 
AND ONE HALF FEET.  HOWEVER...BECAUSE OF THE WAVE ACTION...THESE 
THRESHOLDS MAY DROP. 

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MPD


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