[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/15/2006 9:51:17 AM

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WWUS81 KPHI 151450
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
950 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006

ANZ430-PAZ069>071-NJZ015>019-DEZ001-160000-
950 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006

...BLOW OUT TIDES ARE OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER DELAWARE 
RIVER FROM TRENTON TO MARCUS HOOK AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS 
AFTERNOON...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS GUSTING TO 45 KNOTS WILL 
CONTINUE TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WITH THIS DIRECTION ARE EXPECTED 
TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN 
NORMAL WATER LEVELS RESULTING IN VERY LOW BLOW OUT TIDES.

AT PHILADELPHIA THE LOWEST WATER LEVEL WAS 3.1 FEET BELOW MEAN LOWER 
LOW WATER AT 9:18 AM THIS MORNING, WHICH IS A RECORD. THE PREVIOUS 
RECORD FOR PHILADELPHIA WAS 2.9 FEET BELOW MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ON 
JAN 17 2000 AND NOVEMBER 14 2003. MARCUS HOOK PENNSYLVANIA REACHED 
3.5 FEET BELOW MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT 8:18 AM THIS MORNING. REEDY 
POINT DELAWARE REACHED 3.4 FEET BELOW MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT 6:48 
AM THIS MORNING.

THE LOWER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON 
NAVIGATION TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FOR TONIGHT AND TIDES SHOULD 
GRADUALLY RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS BY MONDAY MORNING OR DURING 
MONDAY.

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