Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

May 19, 2011, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)

In effect from

May 19, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT

Expired

May 19, 2011, 11:59 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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823 
WHUS41 KPHI 191952
CFWPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011


DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-200400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0021.110520T0100Z-110520T0500Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
352 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

LEFTOVER SURGE FROM MANY DAYS OF EASTERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH 
THE SLOWLY EBBING ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES MAY YET PRODUCE ONE
MORE EPISODE OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND
DELAWARE COASTS.

THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR ANY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER FOOT OF TIDAL
FLOODING IS MAINLY BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1 AM. IN MANY AREAS THE TIDE
MAY REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR MINOR FLOODING.

ANY FLOODING SHOULD BE OF VERY SHORT DURATION...LESS THAN AN HOUR.

$$

DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-200400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0021.110520T0400Z-110520T0900Z/
NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
352 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

LEFTOVER SURGE FROM MANY DAYS OF EASTERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH THE
SLOWLY EBBING ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES...MAY YET PRODUCE ONE MORE
EPISODE OF OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE UPPER PORTION OF
DELAWARE BAY AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. THIS
WOULD BE MAINLY FROM THE VICINITY OF PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR REEDY
POINT DELAWARE.

THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR ANY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER FOOT OF TIDAL
INUNDATION FLOODING IS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM. IN MANY AREAS THE
TIDE MAY REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR MINOR FLOODING.

ANY FLOODING SHOULD BE OF VERY SHORT DURATION...LESS THAN AN HOUR.

$$


DRAG

719 
WHUS41 KPHI 200359
CFWPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1159 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-200500-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-110520T0500Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
1159 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED AND WATER LEVELS ARE LOWERING. THE THREAT
FOR TIDAL FLOODING HAS ENDED. 

$$

DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-200500-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0021.110520T0400Z-110520T0900Z/
NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
1159 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

LEFTOVER SURGE FROM MANY DAYS OF AN ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH
THE SLOWLY EBBING ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES, WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER
LEVELS EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE UPPER PORTION OF DELAWARE BAY
AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. IN MOST AREAS, WATER
LEVELS WILL CREST JUST BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR MINOR TIDAL FLOODING.
IF ANY MINOR FLOODING DOES OCCUR, IT WILL BE OF A VERY SHORT
DURATION. HIGH TIDES IN THESE AREA WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AM AND
5 AM.

$$

RPW

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Every coastal flood statement in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.