[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/18/2003 11:02:29 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1102 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2003

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS EVENING FOR 
THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COAST LINES...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ CONTINUES A COASTAL 
FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...INCLUDING THE 
BACK BAYS...INLETS...RARITAN BAY AND DELAWARE BAY.

IN DELAWARE...
  KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.

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

THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 
PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND NOT PERMIT THE BACK BAYS AND INLETS 
TO TOTALLY DRAIN BETWEEN THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES.  THE ONSHORE FLOW 
CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING HIGH TIDE SHOULD PRODUCE 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 
10 12 THIS EVENING WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND SEVEN AND A HALF FEET.  

FOR SEASIDE HEIGHTS ON THE OCEAN FRONT...THE HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 
9 42 THIS EVENING 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 
9 47 THIS EVENING 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 10 19 
THIS EVENING WITH A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND A HALF AND EIGHT 
FEET.
  
FOR BREAKWATER HARBOR ON DELAWARE BAY...THE HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 
10 57 THIS EVENING 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 
9 58 THIS EVENING 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. 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.

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JWH



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