Flooding in New Jersey, August 28, 2000

The combination of a weak onshore flow around a high pressure system building into New England and the adjacent coastal waters, a weak low pressure system off the south Atlantic coast and the spring astronomical tides by the new moon caused some minor tidal flooding around the times of high tide the evening of the 28th and the evening of the 29th. The high tide at Cape May reached 6.9 feet above mean lower low water the evening of the 28th and 7.1 feet above mean lower low water the evening of the 29th. At Sandy Hook , the high tide reached 6.8 feet above mean lower low water the evening of the 27th and 7.1 feet above mean lower low water the evening of the 28th. The high tide in Atlantic City reached 6.6 feet above mean lower low water. Minor tidal flooding usually starts at 6.7 feet above mean lower low water. By August 30th, the high pressure system had moved well offshore and the low pressure system started its retrogression into South Carolina and Georgia.