[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 05/05/2005 16:39:30

[n2qae at gti.net]

WHUS41 KPHI 052037
CFWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
426 PM EDT THU MAY 5 2005

.COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...

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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-INLAND SUSSEX DE-

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH.

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF...

IN NEW JERSEY...
ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY.

IN DELAWARE...
SUSSEX.

A COASTAL STORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE REGION LATE FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY. THE LOW, FORMING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THIS 
AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT TWO 
DAYS, PARALLELING THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS. 

GALE FORCE WINDS MAY DEVELOP ALONG COASTAL DELAWARE LATE FRIDAY 
AND AFFECT A GOOD PART OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY.

THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH THE HIGHER THAN 
NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AT THE NEW MOON, WILL CAUSE TIDAL
FLOODING AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY. 
THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS WITH THE FRIDAY EVENING HIGH TIDE 
WILL BE COASTAL DELAWARE AND ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES OF
NEW JERSEY WITH MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING
OCCURRING DEPENDING UPON THE TRACK OF THE STORM. 

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE TIDE LEVELS COULD 
POSSIBLY REACH MODERATE TIDAL LEVELS, BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. THIS
HEIGHT WOULD CAUSE SOME ACCESS ROADS TO BE FLOODED AND CLOSED
FOR A TIME AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO 
THE SHORE COMMUNITIES SHOULD MOVE THEIR CAR AWAY FROM AREAS THAT
MAY FLOOD AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.  

HIGH TIDE IN THE WATCH AREA OCCURS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 
FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH REFERENCE ABOVE MEAN 
LOWER LOW WATER. 

IN DELAWARE AT FENWICK ISLAND 717 PM FRIDAY WITH A HEIGHT OF 
5.5 TO 6.0 FT, THE SATURDAY MORNING TIDE AT 739 AM WITH A HEIGHT
OF 6.0 TO 6.5 FT, AND SATURDAY EVENING AT 759 PM WITH A HEIGHT 
OF 6 TO 6.5 FT.

AT BREAKWATER HARBOR 842 PM FRIDAY WITH A HEIGHT OF 6.5 FT, THE
SATURDAY MORNING TIDE AT 848 AM WITH A HEIGHT OF 6.5 TO 7.0 FT, 
AND SATURDAY EVENING AT 906 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF 7.5 FT.

IN NEW JERSEY AT CAPE MAY ON THE OCEAN SIDE AT 738 PM FRIDAY 
WITH A HEIGHT OF 6.5 FT, THE SATURDAY MORNING TIDE AT 800 AM 
WITH A HEIGHT OF 6.5 TO 7.0 FT, AND SATURDAY EVENING AT 820 PM
WITH A HEIGHT OF 7.5 TO 8.0 FT.

IN NEW JERSEY AT ATLANTIC CITY AT 709 PM FRIDAY WITH A HEIGHT 
OF 6.0 TO 6.5 FT, AT 731 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH A HEIGHT OF 
6.5 TO 7.0 FT, AND SATURDAY EVENING AT 820 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF
7.5 TO 8.0 FT. 

REMEMBER, THE TIDE HEIGHTS ABOVE WOULD BE LOWER IF THE STORM 
TRACKS FARTHER OFFSHORE.

PLEASE LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  

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EBERWINE

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