[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/15/2006 7:22:10 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 160021
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
721 PM EST SUN JAN 15 2006

DEZ001-NJZ015>019-PAZ069>071-160500-
NEW CASTLE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
721 PM EST SUN JAN 15 2006

...TIDAL DEPARTURES LESSENING AFTER BLOW OUT TIDES THIS MORNING...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH
EARLIER TODAY BROUGHT WATER LEVELS ON THE DELAWARE RIVER TO RECORD
LOW READINGS THIS MORNING.

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 EXTREMELY LOW WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY RETURNING TO
MORE NORMAL HEIGHTS LATE TODAY. WHILE LOCAL DEPARTURES REMAIN AROUND
1 FOOT BELOW NORMAL, WATER LEVELS ARE HIGHER THAN THIS MORNING AND
A REPEAT OF THE RECORD BLOW OUT TIDES WILL NOT BE REPEATED THIS
EVENING.

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT AND TIDES SHOULD 
GRADUALLY RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS MONDAY MORNING.

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RPW


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