[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/18/2003 3:35:21 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WHUS41 KPHI 180737
CFWPHI
DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-181500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR 
THE LATE EVENING HIGH TIDE TONIGHT - THIS INCLUDES THE BACK BAYS AND 
INLETS - RARITAN BAY AND DELAWARE BAY...

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

IN DELAWARE...
KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.

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

THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL 
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND NOT PERMIT THE BACK BAYS 
AND INLETS TO TOTALLY DRAIN BETWEEN HIGH TIDE CYCLES. THE MORNING 
HIGH TIDE WILL BE THE LOWER OF THE TWO TODAY AND SHOULD RESULT IN 
JUST SOME LOCAL MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. BUT...WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW 
CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING HIGH TIDE...THERE SHOULD BE MORE
WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR POCKETS OF 
MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. THIS INCLUDES THE BACK BAYS AND INLETS. IN 
ADDITION...THE WAVE ACTION FROM SEAS AS HIGH AS THIRTEEN FEET 
OFFSHORE WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE SHORE AND CAUSE BEACH 
EROSION...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

THE HIGH TIDE THURSDAY EVENING DID PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL 
FLOODING WITH MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING REPORTED IN NORTH WILDWOOD NEW 
JERSEY. 
 
SOME TIDAL INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

FOR SANDY HOOK ON THE RARITAN BAY...THE HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 1012 
PM WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND SEVEN AND A HALF FEET.  

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

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

FOR CAPE MAY ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 1019 
PM WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND A HALF AND EIGHT FEET.
  
FOR BREAKWATER HARBOR ON DELAWARE BAY...THE HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 
1057 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN AND ONE HALF FEET. 

FOR FENWICK ISLAND ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 
958 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND SEVEN FEET. 
 
 
HIGH TIDE IN THE BACK BAYS AND INLETS ARE LATER THAN ALONG THE OCEAN 
FRONT AND WILL HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCES OF HAVING MODERATE TIDAL 
FLOODING THIS EVENING. 

DO NOT UNDO ANY PREPARATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. DO NOT 
PARK YOUR VEHICLES IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. 
PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. SOME FLOOD PRONE ROADWAYS MAY 
BE CLOSED DURING THE HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING WITH A GREATER 
LIKELIHOOD OF ROAD CLOSURES THIS EVENING. 

REMEMBER...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING BEGINS AROUND
7 AND A HALF FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
IS USUALLY ISSUED 12 TO 36 HOURS BEFORE AN EVENT IS FORECASTED TO
OCCUR. IF MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING IS IMMINENT...THEN A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

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.

$$

TFG





 

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