[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/21/2004 5:26:55 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 AM EDT THU OCT 21 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-
MIDDLESEX NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC CITY...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...
PERTH AMBOY AND VINELAND
510 AM EDT THU OCT 21 2004

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TODAY AND FRIDAY...

MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOME AREAS OF ATLANTIC AND
MONMOUTH COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEIGHTS OF SIX TO SEVEN FEET
ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THIS WILL BE THE CASE AGAIN TODAY
AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING, BUT MORE LIKELY AT THE TIME
OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. SOME ROADS ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS LEADING
TO THE BARRIER ISLANDS MAY HAVE PART OR ALL OF THE ROAD COVERED FOR A
TIME TODAY.  

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS AND
A LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE COAST CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN ONSHORE
WIND WHICH IS NOT ALLOWING THE WATER IN THE ADJACENT BACK BAYS,
DELAWARE BAY AND RARITAN BAY TO DRAIN. AS A RESULT, THE TIDE WILL BE
ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN SOME AREAS. THE LATE AFTERNOON TIDE
IS THE HIGHER OF THE TWO HIGH TIDES SO THE WATER WILL BE HIGHER THEN,
BUT STILL REACH JUST MINOR TIDAL LEVELS. 

WINDS ALONG THE COAST WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH
TODAY RESULTING IN SOME HEAVY WAVE ACTION AND POSSIBLY SOME BEACH
EROSION. 
 
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL 
FLOODING.  ALSO, DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE 
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY OR DELAWARE OR IF YOU 
WILL BE VISITING EITHER OF THOSE LOCATIONS DURING THE COMING DAYS 
PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.


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