[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 05/06/2005 21:42:22

[n2qae at gti.net]

WHUS41 KPHI 070126
CFWPHI

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

.COASTAL FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY...

DEZ003-004-NJZ022>025-071100-
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 THROUGH 
SATURDAY. THE LOW, OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY, PARALLELING THE DELAWARE AND NEW 
JERSEY COASTS. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD NORTH AHEAD OF THE STORM.  THEY HAVE
ALREADY REACHED COASTAL DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN COASTAL NEW JERSEY
...AND WILL THEN AFFECT A GOOD PORTION OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST 
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 THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 

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 WILL OCCUR AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 
SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY EVENING...WITH REFERENCE ABOVE MEAN
LOWER LOW WATER. 

IN DELAWARE AT FENWICK ISLAND...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...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...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 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.  

$$

LSN