[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/23/2005 4:41:15 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
412 PM EST WED FEB 23 2005

...QUICK MOVING STORM TO AFFECT THE COAST...

DEZ003-004-NJZ013-014-020-022>027-240310-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC CITY
412 PM EST WED FEB 23 2005

THE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE CHANGING OVER THE NEXT 24 
HOURS. LOW PRESSURE FORMING OVER THE GULF COAST STATES WILL REACH 
THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN RAPIDLY 
INTENSIFY WHILE PARALLELING THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS BEFORE
MOVING OUT TO SEA THURSDAY NIGHT.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST CAN EXPECT INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST 
WINDS WHICH WILL GUST TO GALE FORCE OR 40 MPH. HIGHER THAN NORMAL 
TIDES AT THE FULL MOON CYCLE TODAY, AND THE ONSHORE FLOW ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE STORM WILL CAUSE THE TIDE TO RISE ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE 
NORMAL AND BEACH EROSION AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. 

AT THIS HEIGHT, SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY FOR 
THE COASTAL AREAS OF ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY 
AND SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE AS THE TIDE REACHES AROUND 6 AND A HALF 
TO SEVEN FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT HIGH TIDE FRIDAY 
MORNING. THE TIME OF THE HIGH TIDE IS BETWEEN 830 AND 10 AM.  

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. 



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