[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/6/2003 12:08:41 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WHUS41 KPHI 061701
CFWPHI

DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-070000-

COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1201 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2003

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

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...

IN DELAWARE...
  KENT AND SUSSEX. 

IN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY...OCEAN...MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX
  
LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY 
AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS 
THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS AROUND THE LOW HAVE SHIFTED TO THE 
NORTH OVER NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTAL AREAS AS OF LATE SATURDAY 
MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTHWEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 
THUS THE THREAT OF MORE TIDAL FLOODING HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED. 

WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AND SOME MODERATE FLOODING WERE 
REPORTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS MORNING. 

AS A RESULT OF THE WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST...ANY FLOODING WHICH 
DEVELOPS DURING THIS EVENING/S HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO BE ONLY 
MINOR. IN ADDITION...THIS EVENING/S ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE
BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE FOOT LOWER THAN THE ASTRONOMICAL 
HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING. 

MINOR FLOODING THIS EVENING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY ON THE DOWNWIND 
SIDE OF THE BACK BAYS...AND ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF RARITAN BAY.

THE NEXT HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT SANDY HOOK AT 620 PM SATURDAY...AT 
SEASIDE HEIGHTS AT 550 PM...AT ATLANTIC CITY AT 555 PM...AND AT CAPE 
MAY NEW JERSEY AT 627 PM. IN DELAWARE...BREAKWATER HARBOR HAS HIGH 
TIDE AT 709 PM...AND AT FENWICK ISLAND AT 606 PM. ON THE DELAWARE 
BAY...HIGH TIDE AT REEDY POINT DELAWARE IS AT 956 PM SATURDAY.

CONTINUING STRONG WAVE ACTION COULD ALSO RESULT IN FURTHER BEACH 
EROSION ALONG ATLANTIC COASTAL SECTIONS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 

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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AMC


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