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Coastal Flood — Southeastern Burlington, NJ

Feb 9, 2016

An onshore flow associated with low pressure along the mid-Atlantic coast, in combination with a new moon, produced moderate coastal flooding during the morning high tide on February 9th. Multiple roadways were flooded on Long Beach Island and Ocean City due to coastal flooding. Roads and bridges were also closed in Atlantic and Cape May Counties due to tidal flooding.||Immediately in the wake of a much stronger storm system moving northeast away from the area, another weaker low pressure syste

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 611102). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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