[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 2/15/2003 3:20:26 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
325 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2003

...COASTAL FLOOD  WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE NEW JERSEY AND  DELAWARE 
COASTS INCLUDING COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE RARITAN BAY AND LOWER 
DELAWARE BAY MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT...

IN DELAWARE...
KENT AND SUSSEX.

IN NEW JERSEY...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...OCEAN...ATLANTIC...AND CAPE MAY.

A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH TO THE NORTH...DEVELOPING STORM TO THE SOUTH 
...AND THE OCCURRENCE OF THE FULL MOON ON SUNDAY WILL INCREASE THE 
POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING VERY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND ALL DAY 
MONDAY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SUGGEST THAT YOU LISTEN TO ALL RELEASES 
AND ADVICE FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. MAKE SURE
YOU MOVE YOUR VEHICLE BEFORE THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ESPECIALLY IF THE 
FORECAST CALLS FOR VERY HEAVY SNOW IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA.   

MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS LIKELY SUNDAY EVENING BETWEEN 7 AND 830 PM
BUT THE TIDE OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE THE HIGH TIDE MONDAY 
MORNING WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 730 AND 830 ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT...AND 
POSSIBLY THE HIGH TIDE MONDAY EVENING BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. REMEMBER...
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE OCCURS LATER IN THE BACK BAYS.

GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT BUT THE STRONGEST ONSHORE WINDS ARE 
LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 50 
MPH. SEAS ARE PRESENTLY 6 TO 9 FEET BUT THEY WILL BE BUILDING TO 14 
TO 18 FEET LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE POUNDING SURF WILL CAUSE 
SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IN AREAS THAT COME UNDER THE FULL IMPACT 
OF THIS STORM.   

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED AS A CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL COASTAL 
AND BACK BAY RESIDENTS TO START PLANNING YOUR COURSE OF ACTION.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED SOMETIME SUNDAY MORNING AND 
MOST LIKELY FOR DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY SINCE THESE 
COUNTIES WILL COME UNDER THE EFFECTS OF THE STORM SOONER. ADDITIONAL 
WARNINGS MAY BE EXTENDED NORTH TO SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY IF THE STORM 
DOES NOT MOVE OUT TO SEA.    
  
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES IN THE WATCH 
AREA... 

LOCATION                   TIME AND DAY HIGH TIDE 

SANDY HOOK NJ (BAY)        740 PM SUNDAY        751 AM MONDAY

SEASIDE HEIGHTS NJ (OCEAN) 710 PM SUNDAY        721 AM MONDAY

ATLANTIC CITY NJ (OCEAN)   714 PM SUNDAY        732 AM MONDAY

CAPE MAY NJ (OCEAN)        747 PM SUNDAY        758 AM MONDAY

BREAKWATER HARBOR DE (BAY) 821 PM SUNDAY        846 AM MONDAY

FENWICK ISLAND DE (OCEAN)  726 PM SUNDAY        846 AM MONDAY
 
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OCCURS WHEN THE TIDE REACHES 6.7 FEET ABOVE 
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...MODERATE BEGINS AT 7.7 FEET...AND SEVERE
AT 8.7 FEET. HOWEVER...MORE VULNERABLE AREAS EXPERIENCE FLOODING 
WITH HEIGHTS AS MUCH AS A FOOT LOWER. 

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE 
FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

 
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EBERWINE



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