Wed, Sept. 24th–Coastal Flood Advisory, High Surf Advisory Now in Effect

The National Weather Ser­vice is call­ing for a rain­storm overnight Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 24th through Thurs­day morn­ing, Sep­tem­ber 25th that will bring rain, wind, and the poten­tial for some coastal flood­ing in coastal com­mu­ni­ties includ­ing Avalon. There is also a high risk for rip cur­rents along the beaches on Wednesday. As a result, a Coastal Flood Advisory has been posted by the National Weather Service from Wednesday, September 24th at 8:00pm through Thursday, September 25th at 2:00am. A High Surf Advisory is also in effect through Noon on Thursday.

A storm that is com­ing up the east­ern seaboard has already brought clouds to our region. The storm is expected to bring steady rain to our region dur­ing the overnight hours with east­erly winds at 35mph. The rain is expected to con­tinue into Thurs­day morn­ing before con­di­tions clear later in the day.

At times, the Avalon Police Department will close a portion of Ocean Drive leading towards the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge due to wave overwash on the roadway.  The road was closed for a few hours on Wednesday morning.  Please plan an alternate route during high tide.

For ref­er­ences pur­poses, high tide at the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge between Avalon and Sea Isle City takes place at 8:55pm on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 24th and again at 9:19am on Thurs­day, Sep­tem­ber 25th.

Statement as of 2:55 PM EDT on September 24, 2014