Coastal Flood Advisory

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY...

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348 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THESE WINDS HAVE CAUSED WATER LEVELS ON THE COAST AND THE
BACK BAYS TO RUN HIGHER THAN NORMAL SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND NOON ON THE COAST AND
BEFORE 3 PM ON THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY...WILL BE THE HIGHER OF THE
TWO DAILY TIDES. WATER LEVELS MAY REACH MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
LEVELS AT THESE TIMES.

RECENT BEACH EROSION ALONG THE SHORE HAS ELIMINATED SOME OF THE
SAND DUNES. WINDS AND WAVE ACTION MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN AREAS
THAT WERE PROTECTED BY THESE DUNES PREVIOUSLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
DO NOT PARK YOUR CAR IN AREAS THAT MAY RECEIVE TIDAL FLOODING.

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