[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/15/2005 8:21:08 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 160020
SPSPHI

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

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ010-012>027-PAZ070-071-
161500-
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
820 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 
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 TIDES ALONG THE 
OCEAN FRONT AND THE BACK BAYS, ON DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE BAYS,
AS WELL AS POSSIBLY ON RARITAN BAY AND THE DELAWARE RIVER UP TO
PHILADELPHIA. IN FACT, MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WAS OBSERVED AT CAPE
MAY NEW JERSEY ON THE OCEAN FRONT THIS EVENING.

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 WILL
STALL 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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