[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 05/06/2005 11:32:55

[n2qae at gti.net]

WHUS41 KPHI 061531
CFWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1130 AM EDT FRI MAY 6 2005

.COASTAL FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY...


DEZ003-004-NJZ022>025-062200-
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...
ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY.

IN DELAWARE...
SUSSEX.

A RARE MAY COASTAL STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE TODAY THROUGH 
SATURDAY. THE LOW, OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL INTENSIFY AND 
MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY, PARALLELING THE DELAWARE AND NEW 
JERSEY COASTS. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD NORTH AHEAD OF THE STORM...REACHING 
COASTAL DELAWARE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN COASTAL NEW JERSEY 
THIS EVENING...AND AFFECT A GOOD PORTION OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST 
LATER TONIGHT 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 THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS WITH THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE WILL BE
COASTAL DELAWARE AND ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY
WITH MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING OCCURRING.

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 THIS
EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING WITH REFERENCE ABOVE MEAN LOWER
LOW WATER. 

IN DELAWARE AT FENWICK ISLAND 717 PM TODAY 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 TODAY 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 7.0 TO 7.5 FT.

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

IN NEW JERSEY AT ATLANTIC CITY AT 709 PM TODAY WITH A HEIGHT OF
6.0 TO 6.5 FT, AT 731 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND
6.5 FT, AND SATURDAY EVENING AT 751 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF AROUND
6.5 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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RPW/TFG/EBERWINE



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