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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EST MON FEB 17 2003
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING FOR TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE
COASTS...INCLUDING THOSE COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE RARITAN AND
DELAWARE BAYS...
IN DELAWARE...
KENT AND SUSSEX.
IN NEW JERSEY...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...OCEAN...ATLANTIC...CAPE MAY...AND CUMBERLAND.
INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST DURING THIS MORNING AND BE ABOUT 150 MILES
EAST OF DELMARVA BY TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL ACCELERATE NORTHEAST
TONIGHT AND BE OFF OF CAPE COD BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONG
ONSHORE FLOW...COMBINED WITH SPRING TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL
MOON YESTERDAY...WILL GIVE RISE TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING. THE
TIMES OF MAXIMUM CONCERN WILL SURROUND THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE THIS
MORNING...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 730 AND 830 AM ALONG THE OCEAN
FRONT...AND POSSIBLY THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING BETWEEN 700 AND 900
PM. REMEMBER...THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE OCCURS LATER IN THE BACK BAYS.
A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MARINERS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF
NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE...AS WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 45
AND 50 KNOTS OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS THIS
MORNING. SEAS WILL BE 15 TO 20 FEET TODAY. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH
EROSION IS EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES AND
THE HEAVY WAVE RUNUP...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECOMMENDS THAT YOU LISTEN TO LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD THEY PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
OR INFORMATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES AND THE EXPECTED
TIDE HEIGHTS IN THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATION TIME AND HIGH TIDE
SANDY HOOK NJ (BAY) 751 AM TODAY.....7.5 FT
SEASIDE HEIGHTS (OCEAN) 721 AM TODAY.....7 TO 7.5 FT
ATLANTIC CITY (OCEAN) 732 AM TODAY.....7 TO 7.5 FT
CAPE MAY (OCEAN) 758 AM TODAY.....7.5 TO 8 FT
BREAKWATER HARBOR DE (BAY) 846 AM TODAY.....7.5 TO 8 FT
FENWICK ISLAND DE (OCEAN) 737 AM TODAY.....7 TO 7.5 FT
SANDY HOOK NJ (BAY) 824 PM TONIGHT...7 TO 7.5 FT
SEASIDE HEIGHTS (OCEAN) 754 PM TONIGHT...7 TO 7.5 FT
ATLANTIC CITY (OCEAN) 758 PM TONIGHT...7 TO 7.5 FT
CAPE MAY (OCEAN) 831 PM TONIGHT...7 TO 7.5 FT
BREAKWATER HARBOR DE (BAY) 906 PM TONIGHT...7 TO 7.5 FT
FENWICK ISLAND DE (OCEAN) 810 PM TONIGHT...7 TO 7.5 FT
TIDE HEIGHTS WILL VARY AND MAY BE HIGHER ESPECIALLY IN THE BACK BAY
AREAS AND MAY INUNDATE ACCESS ROADS TO THE BARRIER ISLANDS SEVERAL
HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
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.
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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