[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/20/2004 1:49:05 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
153 PM EDT MON SEP 20 2004

NJZ015-017>019-PAZ069>071-210100-
BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
153 PM EDT MON SEP 20 2004

...MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ON TIDAL PORTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER
THIS EVENING...

MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED THIS MORNING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
ALONG TIDAL PORTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER SOUTH OF TRENTON. THE 
DELAWARE RIVER BECOMES TIDAL AT THE "TRENTON MAKES - THE WORLD 
TAKES" BRIDGE NEAR DOWNTOWN TRENTON AS IT FLOWS TOWARD DELAWARE BAY.

RIVER AND STREAM HEIGHTS HAVE BEEN DROPPING VERY SLOWLY TODAY BUT
THE VOLUME OF WATER REMAINS QUITE HIGH. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE 
HEIGHTS AT THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THIS 
MORNINGS, MINOR FLOODING MAY ONCE AGAIN OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE. TRIBUTARY STREAMS INTO THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER, SUCH AS 
THE COOPER RIVER IN CAMDEN AND THE RANCOCAS CREEK IN BURLINGTON 
COUNTY, WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER. LOW-LYING ROADS NEAR THESE 
TIDAL WATERWAYS, SUCH AS THE ADMIRAL WILSON BOULEVARD IN CAMDEN, MAY 
BE FLOODED DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR AND COMMUTERS SHOULD TAKE 
THIS INTO ACCOUNT IN THEIR TRAVEL PLANS.
    
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AT A FEW SELECTED LOCATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

TRENTON, NJ         811 PM
CORNWELLS HEIGHTS   739 PM
BURLINGTON, NJ      740 PM
PHILADELPHIA, PA    659 PM

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