FloodingThe National Weather Ser­vice has posted a Coastal Flood Advi­sory for Stone Harbor and sur­round­ing coastal com­mu­ni­ties on Mon­day, July 22nd, from 7:00pm until 11:00pm.  The advi­sory is in effect for the next high tide event that will take place at the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge between Avalon and Sea Isle City at 8:34pm.  Never attempt to drive through any stand­ing water on a road­way.  It is pos­si­ble any coastal flood­ing may be com­pounded by a thun­der­storm, if it arrives this evening.

Here is the text of the state­ment issued by the National Weather Service:

… Coastal Flood Advi­sory in effect from 7 PM to 11 PM EDT this evening…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a coastal Flood Advi­sory. It is in effect from 700 PM until 1100 PM this evening.

* Loca­tion… coastal areas of New Jer­sey and Delaware includ­ing Delaware Bay.

* Coastal flood­ing… minor flood­ing is expected around this evening’s high tide.

* Tim­ing… high tide on the New Jer­sey and Delaware ocean­front occurs around 800 PM. High tide on the back bays, along Delaware Bay and along Rar­i­tan Bay occurs later than the high tide on the oceanfront.

* Impacts… local­ized road­way flood­ing is anticipated.

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.