* WHAT...FOR THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTSEXPECTED. FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, UP TO ONE HALF FOOT OF INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL EXPECTED IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR SHORELINES AND TIDAL WATERWAYS. FOR THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY, LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 6 TO 12 FEET EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE. FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH, ONE TO TWO FEET OF INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR SHORELINES AND TIDAL WATERWAYS.

* WHERE...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY, COASTAL ATLANTIC AND COASTAL OCEAN.

* WHEN...FOR THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. FOR THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY, FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT FRIDAY. FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH, FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...AT THIS LEVEL, WIDESPREAD ROADWAY FLOODING OCCURS IN COASTAL AND BAYSIDE COMMUNITIES AND ALONG INLAND TIDAL WATERWAYS. MANY ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE. SOME DAMAGE TO VULNERABLE STRUCTURES MAY BEGIN TO OCCUR. DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP EVEN THE BEST SWIMMERS AWAY FROM SHORE INTO DEEPER WATER.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING COULD CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY OR PERHAPS LONGER.