Thursday, October 01, 2015

Coastal Flood Warning In Effect



The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood warning for Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties on Thursday.

Moderate to major coastal flooding is likely beginning today and extending through the weekend high tide cycles/ There is a coastal flood warning in effect until 6 p.m. Friday. There is also a coastal flood watch in effect from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon.
The NWS says coastal flooding and widespread minor tidal flooding is expected to occur in multiple successive high tide cycles beginning today and tonight. Moderate tidal flooding is expected to start Friday and could last into the weekend.


The flooding is expected to occur for a few hours around the time of high tide, which occurs between 10 and 10:30 a.m. on the oceanfront and a little later on the back bays. High tide will return around 11 p.m. tonight.
The coastal flooding is not in relation to Hurricane Joaquin that is making its way up the Eastern seaboard 
 
 

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