[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/5/2003 11:27:57 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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CFWPHI
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COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1115 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2003

...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEW JERSEY AND 
DELAWARE COAST...FOR THE DELAWARE BAYSHORE...FOR THE RARITAN 
BAYSHORE...AND FOR LOCATIONS ALONG TIDAL PORTIONS OF THE DELAWARE 
RIVER FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONTINUED THE 
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH INTO SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN DELAWARE...
  KENT...SUSSEX AND NEW CASTLE. 

IN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC...CAPE MAY...OCEAN...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN... 
  GLOUCESTER...MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX AND BURLINGTON.
  
IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA.

LOW PRESSURE OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY 
NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE FLOW AROUND THIS LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE NORTHEAST WINDS TO BECOME STRONG OVER THE 
REGION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEN IT WILL CONTINUE 
INTO AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY. THE STEADY 
NORTHEAST FLOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WAVE ACTION MAY RESULT IN 
MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SATURDAY AND 
SUNDAY MORNING.

TIDE LEVELS OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT FEET MLLW ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
DAYBREAK SATURDAY, AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING, AND AGAIN AROUND DAYBREAK
SUNDAY FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING SANDY HOOK, SEASIDE HEIGHTS,
ATLANTIC CITY, CAPE MAY, BREAKWATER HARBOR AND FENWICK ISLAND. 

TIDE LEVELS OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND ONE HALF AND EIGHT AND ONE HALF 
FEET MLLW ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE DELAWARE BAY, 
INCLUDING REEDY POINT, LATER SATURDAY MORNING, SATURDAY EVENING, AND 
SUNDAY MORNING. 

BECAUSE OF THE SUSTAINED ONSHORE FLOW, MODERATE BACK BAY FLOODING, 
TIDAL FLOODING ALONG THE RARITAN BAY SHORE LINE, AND TIDAL FLOODING 
OF LOCATIONS ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER FROM PHILADELPHIA SOUTH ARE 
ALSO POSSIBLE. BACK BAY FLOODING AND TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER FLOODING 
TEND TO OCCUR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER COASTAL LOCATIONS. RARITAN BAY 
FLOODING TENDS TO OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF COASTAL LOCATIONS. 

THE STRONG WAVE ACTION ALSO MAY RESULT IN MODERATE BEACH EROSION 
ALONG ATLANTIC COASTAL SECTIONS. 

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS AS THIS WEATHER 
SITUATION EVOLVES. 

$$

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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