[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/6/2003 4:08:13 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WHUS41 KPHI 060900
CFWPHI
DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-061700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2003

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING CONTINUED FOR THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE 
COASTS...FOR THE DELAWARE BAYSHORE...AND FOR THE RARITAN BAYSHORE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONTINUED THE 
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH MID-DAY SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
AREAS...

IN DELAWARE...
  KENT AND SUSSEX. 

IN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY...OCEAN...MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX
  
LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE DELMARVA COAST IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS 
IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS ON 
SUNDAY. THE FLOW AROUND THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE STRONG 
NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING... THEN 
BECOME NORTH LATE SATURDAY MORNING OR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE 
PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS COMBINED WITH 
STRONG WAVE ACTION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL 
FLOODING...WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE FLOODING...AROUND THE TIMES OF 
HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.

AREAS OF MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING ARE ALSO EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS 
ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF DELAWARE BAY...INCLUDING REEDY POINT... 
LATE THIS MORNING. THE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD HELP PROTECT 
THE NEW JERSEY SIDE OF DELAWARE BAY FROM MODERATE FLOODING WITH ONLY 
MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. 

HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT SANDY HOOK AT 6 AM SATURDAY...AT SEASIDE HEIGHTS 
AT 530 AM...AT ATLANTIC CITY AT 538 AM...AND AT CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY 
AT 607 AM. IN DELAWARE...ON THE OCEAN FRONT BREAKWATER HARBOR HAS 
HIGH TIDE AT 652 AM...AND FENWICK ISLAND HAS A HIGH TIDE AT 546 AM. 
ON THE DELAWARE BAY...HIGH TIDE AT REEDY POINT DELAWARE IS AT 933 AM 
SATURDAY.

BECAUSE OF THE SUSTAINED ONSHORE FLOW, MODERATE BACK BAY FLOODING 
AND TIDAL FLOODING ALONG THE RARITAN BAY SHORE LINE IS ALSO 
FORECAST. BACK BAY FLOODING TENDS TO OCCUR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER 
COASTAL LOCATIONS. RARITAN BAY FLOODING TENDS TO OCCUR AROUND THE 
TIME OF COASTAL LOCATIONS. 

THE STRONG WAVE ACTION SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN MODERATE BEACH EROSION 
ALONG ATLANTIC COASTAL SECTIONS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 

WINDS ARE FORECAST TO CHANGE DIRECTION TO THE NORTH...THEN 
NORTHWEST...LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...IF ANY 
FLOODING DEVELOPS DURING THIS EVENING/S HIGH TIDE...IT IS EXPECTED 
TO BE ONLY MINOR IN NATURE. IN ADDITION...THIS EVENING/S 
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE FOOT LOWER THAN 
THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING.  

REMEMBER...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT MODERATE OR GREATER 
COASTAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING 
BEGINS AT AROUND 7 AND A HALF FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AND 
SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING BEGINS AT AROUND 8 AND A HALF FEET. 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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