Astronomical Low Tide in New Jersey, January 7, 2014

Name: Astronomical Low Tide in New Jersey, January 7, 2014
Start: 2014-01-07T18:00
End: 2014-01-07T20:00
Location: New Jersey

January 7, 2014 · NWS PHI · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 very persistent and strong west winds that started during the day on the 6th caused blowout tide conditions during the early evening low tide cycle on the 7th along Raritan Bay and the ocean front in New Jersey. Tidal departures in Delaware Bay barely avoided blowout conditions. At Sandy Hook (Monmouth County), the low tide reached 1.95 feet below mean lower low water, in Atlantic City (Atlantic County) 2.08 feet below mean lower low water, Stone Harbor (Cape May County), 1.86 feet below mean lower low water and Cape May Harbor (Cape May County), 1.88 feet below mean lower low water. Blowout tide conditions start at 1.80 feet below mean lower low water. The west winds decreased overnight and while tides were below astronomical levels, additional blowout conditions did not occur.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 7, 5:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 5:46 PM EST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 5:30 PM EST, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 7, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
245 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

DEZ001-NJZ015>019-PAZ070-071-106-080745-
NEW CASTLE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
245 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

...LOW WATER LEVELS ON THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER TONIGHT...

A STRONG WEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW WATER LEVELS ON THE
TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER AND ON MANY OF ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES TONIGHT.
LOW WATER LEVELS WILL CAUSE NAVIGATION PROBLEMS AROUND THE TIMES
OF LOW TIDE LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

LOW TIDE OCCURS AT REEDY POINT, DELAWARE AT 1051 PM.

LOW TIDE OCCURS AT PHILADELPHIA AT 124 AM WEDNESDAY.

THE STRONG WESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE ON WEDNESDAY AND
WATER LEVELS SHOULD BEGIN TO RETURN TO NORMAL AT THAT TIME.

HEAVENER

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Event by event

6 astronomical low tide. Local standard time, as filed.

Astronomical Low Tide, Middlesex

When: January 7, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Middlesex forecast zone
Reported by: WLON
Coordinates: 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Astronomical Low Tide, Western Monmouth

When: January 7, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Western Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by: WLON
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Astronomical Low Tide, Eastern Monmouth

When: January 7, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by: WLON
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Astronomical Low Tide, Eastern Ocean

When: January 7, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Ocean forecast zone
Reported by: WLON
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Astronomical Low Tide, Eastern Atlantic

When: January 7, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Atlantic forecast zone
Reported by: WLON
Coordinates: 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Astronomical Low Tide, Eastern Cape May

When: January 7, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Cape May forecast zone
Reported by: WLON
Coordinates: 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Astronomical Low Tide: Unusually low water from tides and offshore wind that caused impacts.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Jersey in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, January 2014

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 492910, 492911, 492912, 492913, 492914, 492915.