[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 12/1/2009 4:41:26 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
427 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...STORM COULD AFFECT THE BARRIER ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...

THIS STATEMENT IS INTENDED TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF THE NEW JERSEY AND
DELAWARE COASTAL AREAS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER STORM.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY AND
BRING FAIR WEATHER. MEANWHILE, A STORM WILL BE GATHERING STRENGTH
ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
REMAINING WELL INLAND LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. IT'S IMPACT
HOWEVER WILL BE FELT ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF NEW JERSEY AND
DELAWARE AND INTO PARTS OF DELAWARE BAY.

STORMS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, OCTOBER 18TH, AND THE VETERANS DAY STORM 
BROUGHT GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS, TIDAL FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH 
EROSION TO THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE BEACHES. THE STORM LATE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY IS NOT A NOR'EASTER AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FAST ENOUGH
TO PREVENT A LARGE BUILDUP OF WATER IN THE BACK BAYS.

ALTHOUGH TIDAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN A MINOR
CONCERN, THERE WILL BE GALE FORCE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WHICH
WILL TURN AROUND TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST IN A TWENTY FOUR HOUR
PERIOD. THE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT SOME
AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERE BEACH EROSION LAST WEEK.

THE AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGHER WAVES 
WILL BE THE OCEAN FRONT OF SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE, ON THE JERSEY
SIDE OF THE DELAWARE BAY IN CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES, AND
THE NEW JERSEY ATLANTIC COAST BARRIER ISLANDS OF CAPE MAY, ATLANTIC,
OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES.

THE FULL MOON WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL MEAN THAT THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN USUAL. HOWEVER, A PERIOD OF STRONG ONSHORE
WINDS WOULD CAUSE THE TIDE TO DEPART EVEN HIGHER AND RESULT IN SOME
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
THURSDAY MORNING. WAVES GENERATED BY GALE FORCE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS COULD RESULT IN WAVES BREAKING ON THE BEACH BETWEEN SIX AND
EIGHT FEET. 

HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE CHANCE OF A
THUNDERSTORM. THE PERIOD FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINS APPEARS TO BE IN
THE LATE NIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEADING UP TO THE HIGH TIDE
THURSDAY MORNING WHICH OCCURS ON THE OCEAN FRONT BETWEEN SEVEN AM
AND EIGHT THIRTY AM. IF SO, THIS WOULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL STREET
FLOODING WITH THE INCOMING TIDE.  

IN SHORT, PERSONS ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS MAY BE IN FOR A TWELVE TO
EIGHTEEN HOUR PERIOD OF STORMY WEATHER SO PLEASE KEEP UP TO DATE 
AS THE EVENT GETS CLOSER FOR ANY POSSIBLE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS
BY CHECKING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE OR LISTENING TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS.

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