The combination of a high pressure system over Canada and a low pressure system exiting the Delaware coast produced widespread minor tidal flooding during the daytime high tide on the 3rd as well as some minor to moderate beach eroision. It also produced pockets of minor tidal flooding with the daytime high tide on the 4th.  Ongoing rain on the 3rd also contributed to the flooding. In Cape May County, a few streets in Wildwood were flooded at high tide. In Atlantic County, in Atlantic City, students in pre-school programs at Fairmount and Texas Avenues were dismissed early because of the flooding. U.S. Route 40 (The Black Horse Pike) was closed in Pleasantville. In Ocean County, many beaches were submerged at high tide and minor tidal flooding was reported on the Barnegat Bay side on Long Beach Island. In Monmouth County, offshore waves reached fourteen feet and caused some moderate beach erosion. In Manasquan Borough, the high tide caused flooded basements. In Belmar Borough, southbound New Jersey State Route 35 flooded. In Ocean Township, flooding along Deal Lake reached the foundation of one home. Flooding also reached the Poplar Village parking lot.  On the Raritan Bay side of Monmouth County, coastal and roadway flooding was reported in Highlands Borough, Middletown Township, Union Beach Borough, Keyport Borough and Aberdeen Township. The high tide caused flooding to spread inland along tidal sections of the Matawan Creek between Keyport and Aberdeen and flooded one roadway.Highest tides included 7.61 feet above mean lower low water in Sandy Hook (Monmouth County) and 7.32 feet above mean lower low water in Cape May (Cape May County). Minor tidal flooding starts at 6.7 feet above mean lower low water and moderate tidal flooding starts at 7.7 feet above mean lower low water.  The coastal flooding was caused by the east to northeast flow between a low pressure system that moved west to east across the central part of the United States and a high pressure system that skirted across southeastern Canada. The low pressure system moved from northeastern Missouri around sunrise on the 2nd into Indiana during the evening of the 2nd and Ohio around daybreak on the 3rd. A secondary low pressure system formed along its warm frontal boundary on the Delmarva Peninsula early in the morning on the 3rd and moved east fairly rapidly. By 7 p.m. EST on the 3rd it was already about 400 miles east of Atlantic City.  While the low pressure system moved well offshore by the morning of the 4th, the high pressure system built south into northern New England and maintained a weaker, but still onshore flow and helped cause pockets (lesser) of minor tidal flooding with the daytime high tide cycle on the fourth.

Coastal Flood in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 03-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 03-JAN-06 13:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Coastal Flood in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 03-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 03-JAN-06 13:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Coastal Flood in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 03-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 03-JAN-06 13:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Coastal Flood in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 03-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 03-JAN-06 13:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Coastal Flood in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 03-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 03-JAN-06 13:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Coastal Flood in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 03-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 03-JAN-06 13:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER