[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/19/2008 10:39:15 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 200339
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1139 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-201100-
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...
EASTON...DENTON
1139 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS...BUT LITTLE OR NO PROBLEMS
EXPECTED...

HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON AT CAMBRIDGE REACHED CLOSE TO MINOR TIDAL
FLOOD LEVELS BEFORE STARTING BACK DOWN. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL BE
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM WITH A HEIGHT
COMPARABLE TO THE AFTERNOONS HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE AT TOLCHESTER
WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM. THE WATER LEVEL IS ALSO EXPECTED
TO REACH TO NEAR MINOR TIDAL FLOODING, BUT NO PROBLEMS ARE
EXPECTED.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND
MAY GUST UP TO 40 MPH. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR OVERWASH AT
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ON THE EASTERN SHORE.

$$

DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ069>071-201100-
NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA
1139 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER FROM WILMINGTON
DELAWARE TO TRENTON NEW JERSEY...

THE FULL MOON WILL OCCUR ON THE 21ST BUT WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN
SLOWLY RISING AS A RESULT OF THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE
DELAWARE BAY. HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON CAUSED SOME MINOR
STREET FLOODING ON ROADS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER IN NEW JERSEY AND
PENNSYLVANIA.

THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM AND THERE
MAY ALSO BE SOME MINOR FLOODING AT THAT TIME. THE HIGH TIDE WILL
NOT COINCIDE WITH THE MORNING COMMUTE.

$$

RPW