Storm Surge/Tide, Eastern Cape May
- When
- March 10, 10:00 PM EST to March 11, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Cape May forecast zone
- Reported by
- COASTAL OBSERVING STATION
- Coordinates
- 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge in New Jersey, March 10 to 11, 2004
The combination of a low pressure system moving eastnortheast off the North Carolina coast and a high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes produced a northeast flow along coastal New Jersey. This caused increased tides along the shore and some minor tidal flooding in Cape May County around Midnight EST on the 11th.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
The combination of a low pressure system moving eastnortheast off the North Carolina coast and a high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes produced a northeast flow along coastal New Jersey. This caused increased tides along the shore and some minor tidal flooding in Cape May County around Midnight EST on the 11th. The high tide in Cape May City reached 6.79 feet above mean lower low water at 1130 p.m. EST on the 10th. The low pressure system moved from the Tennessee Valley the morning of March 9th, into Georgia during the late afternoon on the 9th, off the southern North Carolina during the late evening of the 9th and well off the North Carolina coast by the morning of the 10th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 storm surge/tide. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm Surge/Tide, Western Cape May
- When
- March 10, 10:00 PM EST to March 11, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Cape May forecast zone
- Reported by
- COASTAL OBSERVING STATION
- Coordinates
- 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Storm Surge/Tide
- Water pushed ashore above the normal tide by a storm’s winds and low pressure.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Strong Wind in Florida, March 10, 2004
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, March 10, 2004
- High Wind in South Dakota, March 10, 2004
- High Wind in Montana, March 10, 2004
- High Wind in South Dakota, March 10, 2004
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 10, 2004
- High Wind in North Dakota, March 10, 2004
- Volcanic Ash in Puerto Rico, March 10, 2004
- High Wind in Minnesota, March 10, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, March 10, 2004
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, March 2004The 2004 hurricane season
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5392906, 5392907.