[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/27/2006 3:04:16 PM

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WHUS41 KPHI 271902
CFWPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-281000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.W.0004.060628T0200Z-060628T1800Z/
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
302 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10:00 PM THIS EVENING TO
2:00 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
 
THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT AND INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
FLOW UP CHESAPEAKE BAY AND RUNOFF FLOWING DOWN RIVERS AND
TRIBUTARIES FROM RECENT AND FORECAST HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE AREAS OF MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

AT TOLCHESTER BEACH IN KENT COUNTY MARYLAND, HIGH TIDE IS AT 9:36 PM 
TONIGHT AND AGAIN AT 10:12 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT CAMBRIDGE IN 
DORCHESTER COUNTY MARYLAND, HIGH TIDE IS AT 6:24 PM TONIGHT AND 
AGAIN AT 7:00 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH TIDES 
ARE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO DAILY HIGH TIDES AT THIS TIME.

AT THESE LEVELS...THE MORE VULNERABLE ACCESS ROADS WILL BECOME 
IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. AND REMEMBER...MOVE YOUR VEHICLE TO HIGHER 
GROUND BEFORE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR 
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 
RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS.

$$

DEZ001>003-NJZ016>019-021-023-PAZ069>071-281000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0002.060628T0200Z-060628T1600Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
302 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN 
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE COMBINATION OF PERSISTENT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW AND THE RECENT 
AND FORECAST HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED THE WATER LEVELS TO RISE TO 
ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION. IN DELAWARE BAY AND THE 
DELAWARE RIVER FROM PHILADELPHIA SOUTH, RECENT READINGS INDICATE 
THAT THE TIDAL DEPARTURES ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 1.0 AND 1.5 FEET ABOVE 
NORMAL TIDE HEIGHTS, AND MAY RISE TO 1.5 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL 
TIDE HEIGHTS LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND 
BECOME GUSTY. WITH THE STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED, WIDESPREAD MINOR 
TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES, BOTH 
LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.

HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEAN FRONT IS FROM 9:30 PM TO 11:00 PM THIS 
EVENING, AND AGAIN FROM 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.
HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS IS AN HOUR OR TWO LATER THAN ON THE 
OCEANFRONT. HIGH TIDE ON THE DELAWARE RIVER AT PHILADELPHIA IS AT 
405 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT RECEIVES TIDAL FLOODING...TAKE 
PRECAUTIONS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. MOVE 
YOUR VEHICLE TO HIGHER GROUND BEFORE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

$$

/O'HARA/EBERWINE