[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 11/14/2012 1:06:36 PM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
105 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012

...COASTAL STORM SANDY SETS SOME NEW RECORDS IN OUR AREA...

ON OCTOBER 29, 2012, COASTAL STORM SANDY SLAMMED INTO THE NEW JERSEY 
COAST. A LARGE AND DAMAGING WIND FIELD ACCOMPANIED THIS STORM. A 
PEAK WIND GUST TO 68 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE PHILADELPHIA 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO LOCAL RECORDS, THIS GUST IS THE 
SEVENTH HIGHEST WIND GUST RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. BELOW IS A 
LISTING, BY RANK, OF THE HISTORIC PEAK WIND GUSTS FOR PHILADELPHIA.


RANK              PEAK WIND GUST /MPH/ AND DATE
----              -----------------------------

1                 94 MPH ON OCTOBER 15, 1954 /HURRICANE HAZEL/

2                 88 MPH ON JULY 14, 1931

3                 75 MPH ON JUNE 24, 2010 /THUNDERSTORM/

4                 71 MPH ON JUNE 1, 1998

5 /TIE/           69 MPH ON MAY 28, 2005 /THUNDERSTORM/
                  69 MPH ON MARCH 18, 1989 /THUNDERSTORM/

*7                68 MPH ON OCTOBER 29, 2012 /COASTAL STORM SANDY/

8                 67 MPH ON MAY 8, 1984 /THUNDERSTORM/



...RECORD LOW PRESSURE SET AT PHILADELPHIA DURING COASTAL STORM 
SANDY...

AT THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PRESSURE DROPPED TO 
953 MB AT 932 PM ON OCTOBER 29, 2012. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 962 MB, WHICH WAS SET DURING THE SUPERSTORM OF MARCH 13, 1993.



...RECORD SETTING STORM TIDE AT THE SANDY HOOK, NJ NOS TIDE SITE 
DURING COASTAL STORM SANDY...

PRELIMINARY DATA PRIOR TO POWER BEING LOST, THE SANDY HOOK TIDE GAUGE
RECORDED A LEVEL OF 13.3 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER /MLLW/, WHICH IS 
AT LEAST 3.2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 10.1 FEET SET 
DURING HURRICANE DONNA ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1960. FUTURE REVIEW OF THIS 
DATA, ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, WILL PROBABLY REVEAL AN EVEN HIGHER 
TIDE DURING MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 29, 2012.



...RECORD SETTING WAVE HEIGHTS AT BUOY 44065 AND BUOY 44025 THE 
EVENING OF OCTOBER 29, 2012 DURING COASTAL STORM SANDY...
     
WHILE THE OFFICIAL PERIOD OF RECORD IS VERY SHORT FOR BUOY 44065, 
DATING BACK TO 2008, THE WAVE HEIGHT OF 32.5 FEET REPORTED AT 850 PM 
EDT MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 29, 2012 AT THIS BUOY, EXCEEDED THE 
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 26 FEET SET AT ABOUT 9 AM AUGUST 28, 2011, 
ASSOCIATED WITH IRENE. BUOY 44065 IS LOCATED NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO 
NEW YORK HARBOR, 15 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREEZY POINT, NY.

AT BUOY 44025, THE RECORD 31 FOOT WAVE HEIGHT AT ABOUT 8 PM EDT 
MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 29, 2012, EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
30 FEET SET ON DECEMBER 11, 1992. THE PERIOD OF RECORD AT BUOY
44025 BEGAN IN 1975. BUOY 44025 IS LOCATED 30 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH 
OF ISLIP, NY.

BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT BOTH 
NATIONAL DATA BUOY LOCATIONS NEAREST SANDY HOOK, ACHIEVED A RECENT 
RECORD EXTREME SEA STATE ON TOP OF AND PROBABLY VERY CLOSE TO THE 
TIME OF THE RECORD STORM TIDE AT SANDY HOOK. ONE CAN INFER FROM THE 
DATA THAT THESE WAVE HEIGHTS WERE THE LARGEST SINCE RECORD KEEPING 
BEGAN IN THIS PORTION OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC IN 1975.

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