[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/25/2006 3:20:43 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
318 PM EST SAT MAR 25 2006

DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-261300-
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST
318 PM EST SAT MAR 25 2006

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY...

LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON IS
BRINGING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE
COASTS ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TIDE HEIGHTS. TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL 
INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND MOVES 
NORTHEAST FARTHER OUT TO SEA.

WITH TIDES ALREADY ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH, THE INCREASED TIDAL
DEPARTURES WILL BRING HEIGHTS TO NEAR MINOR FLOOD LEVELS AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY MORNING IN THE NORMALLY SUSCEPTIBLE 
AREAS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE OCEANFRONT FROM LITTLE EGG INLET SOUTH 
AND ON THE BACK BAYS.

HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT WILL OCCUR
FROM 430 TO 630 AM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS WILL OCCUR UP TO
SEVERAL HOURS LATER.

THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A MARGINAL MINOR TIDAL FLOOD SITUATION, 
POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME NUISANCE TYPE ROADWAY FLOODING. IT SHOULD
ALSO ONLY BE A PROBLEM DURING THE ONE HIGH TIDE CYCLE SUNDAY 
MORNING. THE HIGH TIDES BOTH PRIOR TO AND AFTER THAT CYCLE ARE 
ASTRONOMICALLY LOWER, AND BY MIDDAY SUNDAY, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST DIRECTION WHICH WILL HELP LOWER TIDAL 
DEPARTURES.

DON'T PARK VEHICLES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TONIGHT.

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

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RPW/MD/


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