[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 05/05/2005 21:37:41

[n2qae at gti.net]

WHUS41 KPHI 060135
CFWPHI

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

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


DEZ003-004-NJZ022>025-061100-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-INLAND SUSSEX DE-

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
ATLATNIC AND CAPE MAY.

IN DELAWARE...
SUSSEX.

A RARE MAY COASTAL STORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE REGION LATE FRIDAY 
INTO SATURDAY. THE LOW, FORMING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL
INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY, PARALLELING THE 
DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG COASTAL DELAWARE LATE FRIDAY AND 
AFFECT A GOOD PORTION 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 OCCURING 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 THIER 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 AT 738 PM 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 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

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. 

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

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

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