[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/24/2005 5:06:03 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
440 AM EST THU FEB 24 2005

DEZ003-004-NJZ013-014-020-022>027-242200-
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
440 AM EST THU FEB 24 2005

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL 
MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW
WILL THEN INTENSIFY RAPIDLY WHILE MOVING NORTHEAST PARALLEL TO THE
DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT...AND
THEN HEAD OUT TO SEA FRIDAY MORNING.

COASTAL AREAS CAN EXPECT INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS...WHICH WILL
GUST TO GALE FORCE LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. HIGHER THAN NORMAL 
TIDES AROUND THE FULL MOON, AND THE ONSHORE FLOW ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE STORM WILL CAUSE THE TIDE TO RISE TO ABOUT 2 TO 2 1/2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THESE TIDAL DEPARTURES MAY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY AS WINDS SWING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. BUT EVEN
WITH A SMALL DROP IN TIDAL DEPARTURES...SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORMALLY SUSCEPTABLE AREAS ALONG
THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS AS TIDE HEIGHTS REACH AROUND
6 1/2 TO 7 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT HIGH TIDE FRIDAY
MORNING. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 830 AND 10 AM.  

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