[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 05/24/2005 15:02:33

[n2qae at gti.net]

WHUS41 KPHI 241927
CFWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2005

.A WESTWARD-MOVING OCEAN STORM WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF 
MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

NJZ012>014-020-022>027-250100-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE WEDNESDAY AND 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST, AS WELL AS THE RARITAN 
BAYSHORE AND THE BACK BAYS...

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

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...ATLANTIC... 
AND CAPE MAY.

LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON 
WILL ROTATE WESTWARD AND CLOSER TO SHORE TONIGHT, AND CONTINUE 
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS 
EVENING, AND GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT, MAINLY ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. THIS 
WILL CAUSE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TIDES FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE ONSHORE FLOW, WHICH HAS PERSISTED FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, 
HAS COMBINED WITH THE RECENT FULL MOON TO PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL 
FLOODING DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT, 
WHEN WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. ALTHOUGH 
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH TIDES ARE LOWER THAN THIS EVENING'S, 
THERE STILL COULD BE LOCALIZED MINOR TIDAL FLOODING, MAINLY IN THE 
BACK BAYS, SINCE THE WATER WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY IN DRAINING AT EBB 
TIDE. 

THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT ARE FROM 8:30 TO 10:00 
PM TONIGHT, AND FROM 8:45 TO 10:15 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDE 
OCCURS LATER ON THE BACK BAYS AND TIDAL STREAMS IN THE REGION.

WITH STRONGER NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGHER TIDES WEDNESDAY AND 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED LATE 
WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING, BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. THESE PREDICTED 
HEIGHTS WOULD CAUSE SOME ACCESS ROADS TO BE FLOODED AROUND THE TIMES 
OF HIGH TIDE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE SHORE REGION ARE URGED 
TO MOVE VEHICLES AWAY FROM AREAS THAT MAY FLOOD NEAR THE TIMES OF 
HIGH TIDE.  

HIGH TIDE IN THE WATCH AREA OCCURS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 
WEDNESDAY EVENING, WITH REFERENCE ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER: 

AT SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY, HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 9:59 PM WEDNESDAY 
EVENING.

AT ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 932 PM 
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

AT CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, ON THE OCEAN SIDE, HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 
1005 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WAVE ACTION TO 
PRODUCE MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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

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