ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A budding and potentially powerful Nor'easter is threatening to bring "major" coastal flooding impacts to parts of the mid-Atlantic Sunday into Monday, and forecasters are urging residents to prepare.

The combination of strong and persistent northeast winds and high astronomical tides will send pounding surf into the Atlantic coast from Virginia to New England . But the brunt of the flooding appears focused on the New Jersey and Delaware coasts, along with Delaware Bay.

Coastal Flood Watches are in effect from Sunday through Monday as 12–15-foot waves could mean some areas could see tides reach 2–4 feet above normal.

"Moderate to Major coastal flood impacts are increasingly likely," National Weather Service forecasters in Mount Holly, New Jersey wrote Friday morning

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