[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/23/2003 10:44:25 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 231552
SPSPHI
DEZ003-004-NJZ013-014-020-022>026-240400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1050 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003

...STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND MIDDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 
HIGH TIDES...SNOW MELT...AND PERIODS OF RAIN...

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

COASTAL COMMUNITIES COULD EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING 
AROUND MIDDAY FROM THE COMBINATION OF THE INCOMING TIDE...MELTING 
SNOW...AND PERIODS OF RAIN. THE GREATEST FLOOD THREAT WILL OCCUR AT 
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...BECAUSE THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS COULD 
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 WILL HELP TO LIMIT ANY FLOODING...IF ANY DOES 
OCCUR.  

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

AS THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN MOVES OFFSHORE EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON...STRONG WEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT MAY CAUSE LOWER THAN 
NORMAL TIDES THIS EVENING ALONG EAST-FACING SHORES. TIDES MIGHT EVEN 
APPROACH BLOW-OUT 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. FOR EXAMPLE...THIS MAY BE THE CASE FOR 
THE EASTERN SHORES OF BACK BAYS...AND ALONG THE DELAWARE BAY SIDE OF 
CAPE MAY COUNTY NEW JERSEY. IF HIGHER WATER LEVELS ARE REALIZED THIS 
EVENING...RUNOFF MAY ONCE AGAIN BE HAMPERED CAUSING MINOR STREET 
FLOODING.   

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES. IF YOU ARE NEAR A COMPUTER...YOU CAN ALSO  
ACCESS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET AT THE 
FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

$$

KRUZDLO


WWWW