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| event_type | Storm Surge/Tide |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,449,525 |
| episode_id | 1,189,552 |
| begin_utc | 2005-05-24T23:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 2005-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 |
| state | DELAWARE |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | DELAWARE BEACHES / X E SUSSEX |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| wfo_source | COASTAL OBSERVING STATION |
| episode_narrative | The combination of a persistent onshore flow and spring tides associated with the departing perigean full moon caused minor tidal flooding during the evening high tides on the 24th and 25th. In addition, the onshore flow caused a pounding surf with some beach erosion just before the start of the Memorial Day Weekend. The higher than normal tides washed away four of the seven rare piping plower nests at Cape Henlopen and Gordons Pond. The flooding and beach erosion extended into protective dunes that washed away nests established by pairs of the endangered species. The high surf and tides flattened the beach at Cape Henlopen. At Breakwater Harbor, the highest tide reached 7.05 feet above mean lower low water with the evening high tide on the 25th. Minor tidal flooding starts at 6.7 feet above mean lower low water. The higher than normal tides were caused by a persistent northeast flow as a blocking pattern occurred in the western Atlantic Ocean. A low pressure system in the Ohio Valley during the morning of the 23rd moved east and reached the Atlantic Ocean east of Delaware and New Jersey on the 24th. This low pressure system was captured by a closed low at higher levels of the atmosphere and remained over the nearby offshore waters through the 26th. A high pressure system over southeastern Canada helped enhanced the northeast flow from the 24th through the 26th. The whole low pressure system then started to drift east on the 26th and was east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts by the morning of the 27th. |
| year | 2,005 |
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