The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a Coastal Flood Advi­sory for Stone Harbor and sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties for Thurs­day, Octo­ber 10th, from 11:00am-4:00pm.  An approach­ing coastal storm is expected to bring wide­spread rain, strong gusty winds, and the poten­tial for minor coastal flood­ing dur­ing the day­time on Thurs­day and pos­si­bly through the week­end.  The storm is expected to sit along the east­ern seabaord for a few days which will bring wet weather con­di­tions to our region.

High tide at the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge between Avalon and Sea Isle City will take place on Thurs­day at 12:04am and again at 12:37pm. High tide at the Stone Harbor/Great Chan­nel will occur on Thurs­day at 12:31am and 1:04pm.  Never attempt to drive through stand­ing water.  If you have any emer­gency, please dial 911.

Here is the text of the advi­sory issued byt he National Weather Service:

Coastal Flood Advi­sory in effect from 11 am to 4 PM EDT Thursday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a coastal Flood Advi­sory… which is in effect from 11 am to 4 PM EDT Thurs­day. The coastal Flood Watch is no longer in effect.

* Loca­tion… the Atlantic coast from Ocean County New Jer­sey includ­ing Barnegat Bay south­ward… inclu­sive of the remain­ing south­ern New Jer­sey coast and the Delaware coast as well as coastal loca­tions adja­cent the lower por­tion of Delaware Bay.

* Coastal flood­ing… wide­spread minor tidal flood­ing is fore­cast dur­ing the Thurs­day after­noon high tide cycle. There is still a small chance for pock­ets of mod­er­ate coastal flood­ing but the most likely out­come for Thurs­day after­noon is a minor event. If heavy rain occurs near the time of high tide… it would con­tribute to the flooding.

* High surf with incom­ing east­erly swells of 6 to 9 feet will prob­a­bly result in beach erosion.

* Tim­ing… high tide along the New Jer­sey and Delaware ocean front occurs between noon and 130 PM Thurs­day. High tide on the back bays and along Delaware Bay occurs later than the high tide along the ocean front.

* Impacts… while there were reports of some local­ized road­way flood­ing today… more wide­spread road­way flood­ing is fore­cast Thurs­day after­noon… in part aided by areas of heavy rain.

* Out­look… minor tidal flood­ing is also pos­si­ble dur­ing the sec­ond half of the day high tide cycle on Fri­day and might also occur on Sat­ur­day and Sunday.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A coastal Flood Advi­sory indi­cates that minor tidal flood­ing is antic­i­pated. Minor tidal flood­ing often results in some Road clo­sures. Usu­ally… the most vul­ner­a­ble road­ways will flood.

Do not leave your vehi­cle at a loca­tion that is prone to tidal flood­ing. Do not drive your vehi­cle through flood waters. The water may be deeper than you think it is. You will be putting your­self in dan­ger and your vehi­cle may be dam­aged… lead­ing to costly repairs.