[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/15/2005 3:05:40 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
305 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ010-012>027-PAZ070-071-
161000-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-QUEEN ANNE'S-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SOMERSET-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...SOMERVILLE...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
305 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AND ENHANCED RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED UNTIL 
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE OFFICIAL TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER FORECAST CONTINUES TO KEEP 
HURRICANE OPHELIA WELL OFF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTLINE, WITH 
ITS CLOSEST APPROACH AROUND 150 MILES TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY 
NIGHT. AT THIS DISTANCE, THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE STORM WOULD BE 
CONFINED RIGHT ALONG THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COAST. THE 
POTENTIAL IMPACTS WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF ENHANCED RIP CURRENTS AND 
SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING.

MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDE ALONG THE 
OCEAN FRONT AS WELL AS THE BACK BAYS, ON THE DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE 
BAYS, AND POSSIBLY RARITAN BAY AND THE DELAWARE RIVER UP TO 
PHILADELPHIA. 

RIP CURRENTS ASSOCIATED WITH OPHELIA COULD LAST INTO SATURDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OR GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE 
NEAR-SHORE COASTAL WATERS AT THIS TIME.

ALTHOUGH OPHELIA'S TRACK IS OUT TO SEA, A TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL 
CONTINUE TO COVER THE REGION INTO SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT, OVER 
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY EAST THIS EVENING 
BEFORE STALLING OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE POCONOS LATE TONIGHT. THE 
FRONT SHOULD BEGIN MOVING SOUTH AND EAST AGAIN SATURDAY, BEFORE 
MOVING OFFSHORE SATURDAY EVENING. UNTIL THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE 
REGION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE 
EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING FLOODING IN POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA 
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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