[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/28/2004 5:12:23 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 281001
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
501 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004

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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-
OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC CITY...DOVER AND VINELAND
501 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS 
MORNING PRIMARILY IN THE BACK BAYS...

INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THIS 
MORNING WAS CAUSING STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THAT WILL REACH GALE 
FORCE AT TIMES INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS, AND THE 
HIGHER THAN NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES CAUSED BY THE FULL MOON, WILL 
CAUSE THE TIDAL DEPARTURES TO REACH ONE AND A HALF TO TWO FEET ABOVE 
NORMAL. JUST BEFORE SUNRISE, TIDAL ANOMALIES WERE ABOUT 1.5 FEET 
ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE NEW JERSEY OCEAN-FRONT.
 
THE TIME OF THE HIGH TIDE OCCURS BETWEEN 8 AND 930 AM THIS MORNING 
ALONG THE OCEAN-FRONT AND LATER IN THE BACK BAYS. IN ADDITION, HEAVY 
RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING AND MAY TOTAL BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF 
INCHES. SOME ADDITIONAL STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY, WHICH MAY FLOOD 
SOME OF THE ROADS LEADING TO AND FROM THE BARRIER ISLANDS, AND ON 
THE ISLANDS THEMSELVES.

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATER THIS AFTERNOON, AND THE 
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH. 

REMEMBER TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE BEFORE THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS 
MORNING, AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. 

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CAMDEN NJ-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-PHILADELPHIA PA-
SALEM NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...NEWARK...
PHILADELPHIA AND WILMINGTON
501 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE 
TODAY...

INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THIS 
MORNING WAS CAUSING STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THAT WILL REACH GALE 
FORCE AT TIMES. THESE STRONG WINDS, AND THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL 
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES CAUSED BY THE FULL MOON, WILL CAUSE THE TIDAL 
DEPARTURES TO REACH ABOUT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL, 
ESPECIALLY FOR THE THE HIGH TIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM.

IN ADDITION, HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING AND MAY TOTAL BETWEEN ONE 
AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES. SOME STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE 
AREA WHERE THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES EMPTY INTO THE DELAWARE RIVER. 

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATER THIS AFTERNOON, AND THE 
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH. 

REMEMBER TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE BEFORE THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TODAY, 
AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

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