[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/22/2003 9:21:52 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
930 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 
THE INCOMING TIDE SNOW MELT AND PERIODS OF RAIN...

...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE LOWER THAN 
NORMAL TIDES APPROACHING BLOW-OUT LEVELS BY SUNDAY EVENING...

COASTAL COMMUNITIES COULD SUFFER SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING TONIGHT 
FROM THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND PERIODS OF RAIN. THE 
GREATEST FLOOD THREAT WILL OCCUR AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...BECAUSE 
THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS WILL PREVENT RUNOFF FROM DRAINING INTO THE 
MARSHES AND BACK BAYS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A FLOOD THREAT...THE FACT 
THAT WE ARE BETWEEN A NEW AND FULL MOON SHOULD HELP TO LIMIT ANY 
FLOODING TO MINOR LEVELS...IF ANY DOES INDEED OCCUR.  

HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONT WILL OCCUR 
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. HIGH TIDE OCCURS 
LATER IN THE BACK BAYS. 

AS THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN MOVES OFFSHORE AT MIDDAY
SUNDAY...STRONG WEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAY 
CAUSE LOWER THAN NORMAL TIDES BY SUNDAY EVENING ALONG EAST-FACING 
SHORES...AND COULD APPROACH BLOW-OUT TIDE CONDITIONS. LOW TIDE 
SUNDAY EVENING IS FROM ABOUT 630 TO 830 PM...LATER IN THE BACK BAYS.

CONVERSELY...WEST-FACING SHORES MAY HAVE HIGHER WATER LEVELS THAN 
WOULD BE OTHERWISE EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY. FOR EXAMPLE THIS MAY BE 
THE CASE FOR EASTERN SHORES OF BACK BAYS...AND ALONG THE DELAWARE
BAY SIDE OF CAPE MAY COUNTY NEW JERSEY.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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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