[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/18/2003 3:48:38 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
350 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2003

...THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WITH THE OVERNIGHT 
HIGH TIDE TONIGHT... 

A PERSISTENT EAST FLOW CONTINUES TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION. THIS 
CAUSED TIDES TO REACH MINOR TIDAL FLOODING LEVELS AT TIDE GAGES 
ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH LITTLE 
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR TODAY AND NIGHT...A SIMILAR 
OCCURRENCE MIGHT OCCUR WITH THE HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. 

NORMALLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL MOON WILL 
BE EVEN HIGHER AS THE EAST FLOW CONTINUES TO FUNNEL WATER INTO 
DELAWARE BAY AND UP THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. EVEN 
WITHOUT THE ONSHORE FLOW...ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WOULD HAVE COME TO 
WITHIN HALF A FOOT OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING LEVELS OVERNIGHT. WITH 
THE ADDED ONSHORE FLOW...WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR 
WITH THE OVERNIGHT HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. THERE SHOULD BE NO RUNOFF 
CONTRIBUTION FROM THE LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE TODAY.  
 
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MIGHT INCLUDE TIDAL PARTS OF TRIBUTARIES TO THE 
DELAWARE RIVER. SOME ROADWAYS THAT ARE PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING 
MAY BE CLOSED OVERNIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. WINDS 
BACKING TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE WEEKEND...LOWER WIND SPEEDS AND 
DECREASING ASTRONOMICAL TIDES SHOULD PREVENT ADDITIONAL TIDAL 
FLOODING FROM OCCURRING THE REST OF THIS WEEKEND.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR 
LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS 
AND INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED BY COMPUTER...CHECK OUT OUR WEB 
SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI

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TFG


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