[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/2/2003 4:46:54 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WHUS41 KPHI 020944
CFWPHI
DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>026-021600-

COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
440 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003

...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLESEX 
MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY FOR THIS MORNINGS HIGH 
TIDE...
...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS 
EVENING IN NEW JERSEY...
...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING FROM THE 
DELAWARE COAST NORTHWARD THROUGH ATLANTIC COUNTY...   
 
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF EXPECTED HIGH TIDES IN THE WARNED AREA... 

LOCATION                TIME OF HIGH TIDE       EXPECTED HEIGHT

SANDY HOOK              705 AM TODAY            7.5 TO 8.0 FT
                        733 PM THIS EVENING     6.5 TO 7.0 FT

SEASIDE HEIGHTS (OCEAN) 635 AM TODAY            7.3 TO 7.8 FT
                        703 PM THIS EVENING     6.2 TO 6.7 FT  

FLOODING IN THE BACK BAYS OCCURS LATER THAN ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT. 
IN SOME AREAS...THE TIDES ON THE BACK BAYS COULD BE HIGHER THAN ON 
THE OCEAN FRONT. IN ADDITION...THE BACK BAYS COULD SEE FLOODING AT 
EACH HIGH TIDE CYCLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO CONTINUED ONSHORE 
FLOW.

THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES AND HEAVY WAVE RUNUP WILL LIKELY RESULT 
IN AT LEAST SOME BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY AROUND 
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT YESTERDAYS RAIN WILL HEAD OUT TO SEA 
TODAY. HOWEVER...THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE NORTHEAST WINDS ON THE 
BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...COMBINED WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL 
CAUSE THE TIDAL FLOODING THIS MORNING.

MINOR TO MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OCEAN...MIDDLESEX 
AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES NEW JERSEY...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT IN 
MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...MINOR TIDAL 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

ONSHORE WINDS HAVE CONTINUED SINCE YESTERDAY PREVENTING MANY INLETS 
AND BACK BAYS FROM DRAINING COMPLETELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN 
HALF OF NEW JERSEY. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE NORTH FOR A PERIOD OF 
TIME THIS MORNING...THE NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD RESUME THIS AFTERNOON 
AND TONIGHT. 

ANOTHER STORM IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF NEW 
JERSEY AND DELAWARE LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL 
INCREASE THE ONSHORE WINDS AGAIN...AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR 
ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOODING FROM LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. 
THE ENTIRE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWRE COASTS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO TIDAL 
FLOODING FROM THIS NEXT SYSTEM SINCE IT WILL MOVE BY FARTHER TO THE 
SOUTH.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS MODERATE OR GREATER COASTAL FLOODING 
IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING BEGINS AT AROUND 7 
AND A HALF FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE 
WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE 
ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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. ONCE ON OUR SITE...GO TO THE MARINE PAGE 
AND THEN LOOK FOR TIDAL IMPACT TABLES FOR YOUR LOCATION.

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