[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/16/2011 10:54:02 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1053 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

DEZ001-NJZ015>019-PAZ069>071-170700-
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...PHILADELPHIA
1053 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A NEAR RECORD TIDAL SURGE TO AFFECT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
DELAWARE RIVER OVERNIGHT...
...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SUNDAY...

A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW COUPLED WITH A FULL MOON WILL PRODUCE MAJOR 
FLOODING IN THE TIDAL SECTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER BETWEEN TRENTON 
AND DELAWARE CITY LATE TONIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS
FORECASTING A WATER LEVEL OF NEAR 10.5 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER
AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE, WHICH OCCURS AT 112 AM SUNDAY MORNING AT
PHILADELPHIA. THIS WILL PRODUCE SEVERE FLOODING ALONG THE TIDAL
SECTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

THE LAST TIME THE DELAWARE RIVER AT PHILADELPHIA REACHED 10.5 FEET 
WAS BACK ON NOVEMBER 25, 1950.  

ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE TIDAL SECTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES ARE URGED TO STAY ABREAST OF WATER LEVELS DURING THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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JJM/MJG