[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/7/2005 2:55:56 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
249 PM EST MON FEB 7 2005

DEZ001>004-NJZ012>014-016>027-PAZ070-071-081100-
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
249 PM EST MON FEB 7 2005

...NEW MOON AND EASTERLY SWELLS CONTINUE TO CAUSE HIGHER TIDES...
...ISOLATED MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TUESDAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WELL OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CONTINUES TO
GENERATE LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS. THESE SWELLS IN COMBINATION
WITH THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES, MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED
AREAS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

TIDAL GAGES ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST MONDAY AFTERNOON WERE RUNNING
ABOUT ONE HALF TO 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 ARE EXPECTED TO 
PERSIST THROUGH THE HIGH TIDES 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 
7:01 AM TUESDAY MORNING. ALONG THE NEW JERSEY SHORE, THE HIGH TIDES 
WILL OCCUR AT SANDY HOOK, ATLANTIC CITY AND CAPE MAY BETWEEN 6:43 AM 
AND 7:05 AM TUESDAY 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, DELAWARE AT 7:57 AM, AT 
REEDY POINT, DELAWARE AT 10:34 AM, AND AT THE PHILADELPHIA, 
PENNSYLVANIA PIER AT 1:08 PM.

ONLY A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING, AS 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 IS NEEDED ON YOUR PART.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TIDAL GAGES 
THROUGH THE NEW MOON CYCLE, AND ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS IF 
NECESSARY.  

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