[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 3/9/2013 5:14:49 PM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2013

...DELAWARE BAY BUOY RECORDS ITS SECOND HIGHEST WAVES ON MARCH 6TH  
2013... 

THE COASTAL STORM THAT LASHED PORTIONS OF THE NEW JERSEY AND 
DELAWARE COASTS WITH 60 TO 70 MPH NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS ALSO RAISED  
SEAS TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 25.6 FEET AT BUOY 44009...LOCATED ABOUT 
26 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY. THIS OCCURRED AT 
ABOUT 550 PM ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 2013.   

THE SEAS CONTINUED TO FLUCTUATE...OCCASIONALLY JUST ABOVE 24 FEET 
INTO LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE SEAS WERE HIGHER THAN RECORDED 
DURING SANDY OF THIS PAST OCTOBER 29 2012. 

IN FACT...THIS WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST WAVE HEIGHT AT THIS BUOY 
LOCATION WITHIN THE AVAILABLE DATA...DATING BACK TO 1984.

THE HIGHEST WAS 26.6 FEET ON NOVEMBER 13, 2009. 

THE THIRD HIGHEST WAS 25.2 FEET RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 17, 2003. 

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