[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/7/2005 5:30:15 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 071014
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
512 AM EST MON FEB 7 2005

DEZ001>004-NJZ012>014-016>027-PAZ070-071-072300-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-MIDDLESEX NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC CITY...CAMDEN...DOVER...
NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...
VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
512 AM EST MON FEB 7 2005

...NEW MOON CAUSING HIGHER TIDES...
...A FEW AREAS MAY HAVE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING...

A COMBINATION OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WELL OFF THE EAST COAST AND 
THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MAY PRODUCE A FEW AREAS OF 
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TODAY. 

TIDAL GAGES ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST MONDAY NIGHT WERE RUNNING 
ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL WHILE GAGES ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER AND 
BAY WERE BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THESE 
HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVELS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE HIGH TIDES 
TODAY AND MAYBE EVEN INTO TUESDAY. THE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON 
HIGH TIDES ARE CURRENTLY THE HIGHER OF THE TWO TIDES IN THE DAILY 
CYCLE. 

THESE HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR IN THE RARITAN BAY AT SOUTH AMBOY AT 
6:08 AM THIS MORNING. ALONG THE NEW JERSEY SHORE, THE HIGH TIDES 
WILL OCCUR AT SANDY HOOK, ATLANTIC CITY AND CAPE MAY BETWEEN 5:50 AM 
AND 6:10 AM THIS MORNING. THE ADJACENT BACK BAYS TEND TO HAVE THEIR 
HIGH TIDES ONE TO TWO HOURS LATER. IN THE DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER, 
THE HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR AT LEWES, DE AT 7:02 AM, AT REEDY POINT, 
DE AT 9:38 AM AND AT THE PHILADELPHIA, PA PIER AT 12:14 PM. 

ONLY A FEW AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE ANY OF THIS TIDAL FLOODING, SINCE 
CONDITIONS ARE MARGINAL, AT BEST, FOR IT TO OCCUR. IF YOUR AREA 
NORMALLY EXPERIENCES ANY FLOODING AT THE HIGHEST TIDES OF THE YEAR, 
YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IF ANY ACTION WILL BE NEEDED ON YOUR PART. 

WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TIDAL GAGES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS 
THROUGH THE NEW MOON AND ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS IF NEEDED. 


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OHARA