[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/14/2005 3:27:40 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2005

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-151000-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-QUEEN ANNE'S-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA
327 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2005

...ANY IMPACTS FROM OPHELIA CONFINED TO COASTAL AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT 
INTO FRIDAY...

THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK FOR HURRICANE OPHELIA CONTINUES TO KEEP IT 
WELL OFF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS, WITH ITS CLOSEST PASS 
ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF THE DELAWARE COAST ON FRIDAY. AT THIS 
DISTANCE, THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE STORM WOULD BE CONFINED TO 
THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS.  THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS, WHICH 
WOULD OCCUR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF 
ROUGH SEAS, ENHANCED RIP CURRENTS AND SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. SOME 
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE THURSDAY HIGH TIDE. 
WITH OPHELIA'S TRACK THIS FAR OFFSHORE, TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
OR GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE NEAR-SHORE COASTAL WATERS AT 
THIS TIME.

ALTHOUGH OPHELIA APPEARS LIKELY TO HEAD OUT TO SEA, A TROPICAL 
AIRMASS WILL COVER THE REGION INTO EARLY FRIDAY. UNTIL A COLD FRONT 
MOVES THROUGH FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY, THERE WILL BE SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS. ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THAT 
DOES FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME. AFTER THE COLD FRONT CROSSES, THE HUMIDITY WILL DROP 
AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA 
OUTLETS, FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENTS OF OPHELIA.


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