[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/21/2003 8:23:05 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
821 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2003

...MELTING SNOW...AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN...AND THE INCOMING TIDE...

COASTAL COMMUNITIES THAT EXPERIENCED TIDAL FLOODING THIS PAST MONDAY 
WILL EXPERIENCE SOME STREET FLOODING AGAIN THIS WEEKEND FROM THE  
COMBINATION OF THE MELTING SNOW AND RAIN ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF 
THE INCOMING HIGH TIDE.   

EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AT AN ASTRONOMICALLY LOW PERIOD...THE INCOMING 
TIDE WILL PREVENT THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW MELT FROM 
DRAINING INTO THE MARSHES OR BACKBAYS. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR 
THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT FOR STREET AND POSSIBLY SMALL 
STREAM FLOODING. COASTAL RESIDENTS HOWEVER SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE AT 
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. 

HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONT OCCURS BETWEEN
1130 AM SATURDAY MORNING TO 1245 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN 
AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH TIDE OCCURS LATER IN THE BACK 
BAYS. 

THE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT IS NOT...REPEAT...NOT A COASTAL FLOOD 
WATCH WHICH IS ISSUED WHENEVER THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS 
FLOODING FROM THE TIDE ALONE.   

IN SHORT...A WET...MILD...AND AT TIMES FOGGY WEEKEND ENDING WITH 
GALE FORCE WINDS ON SUNDAY.   

YOU CAN ACCESS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET 
AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER 
CASE).

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