[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/17/2003 4:05:51 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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CFWPHI
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
408 PM EDT THU APR 17 2003

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY 
MORNING FOR THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COAST LINES...ASSOCIATED 
BACK BAYS...RARITAN BAY AND DELAWARE BAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A COASTAL 
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE EVENING HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN DELAWARE...
KENT...INLAND SUSSEX AND DELAWARE BEACHES.

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

A SUSTAINED AND STRONG EASTERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL 
TIDES WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AND AREAS OF 
MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.  
HEAVY WAVE RUNUP WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUTAION AND ALSO RESULT IN 
BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH 
TIDE. REMEMBER THAT BACK BAY FLOODING OCCURS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER 
COASTAL FLOODING. 

SOME TIDAL INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

FOR SANDY HOOK ON THE RARITAN BAY...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL 
OCCUR AT 922 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND EIGHT FEET.  

FOR SEASIDE HEIGHTS ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE 
WILL OCCUR AT 852 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND SEVEN AND ONE HALF 
FEET.  

FOR ATLANTIC CITY ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL 
OCCUR AT 858 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN AND ONE 
HALF FEET.

FOR CAPE MAY ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR
AT 929 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND EIGHT FEET.
  
FOR BREAKWATER HARBOR ON DELAWARE BAY...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR 1008 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN AND ONE HALF 
FEET. 

FOR FENWICK ISLAND ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE FORECASTED HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR AT 908 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SIX AND ONE HALF AND SEVEN 
FEET. 

THE FOLLOWING HIGH TIDE WILL BE DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS 
OF FRIDAY...AND WILL BE THE LOWER ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IN THE 
TIDAL CYCLE. AT PRESENT...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED THEN. 

REMEMBER...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT MODERATE OR GREATER 
COASTAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING 
OCCURS WHEN TIDES EXCEED SIX AND ONE HALF FEET...MODERATE TIDAL 
FLOODING OCCURS WHEN TIDES EXCEED SEVEN AND ONE HALF FEET...AND 
SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING OCCURS WHEN TIDES EXCEED EIGHT AND ONE HALF 
FEET. AGAIN...STRONG WAVE ACTION EXACERBATES TIDAL FLOODING. 

COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING 
WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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WOODWORTH/IOVINO/AMC/MPD


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