[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 08/28/2002 14:54:03

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
255 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR 
THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN PENNSYLVANIA
  DELAWARE                         PHILADELPHIA
  CHESTER                          MONTGOMERY
  BUCKS

IN NEW JERSEY
  CAPE MAY                         HUNTERDON
  SOMERSET                         MONMOUTH
  ATLANTIC                         SALEM
  CUMBERLAND                       CAMDEN
  OCEAN                            GLOUCESTER
  MERCER                           MIDDLESEX
  BURLINGTON    

IN DELAWARE
  KENT                             SUSSEX
  NEW CASTLE                       

IN MARYLAND
  CAROLINE                         CECIL
  KENT                             QUEEN ANNE'S
  TALBOT

A SLOW MOVING AND COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT SOME LIGHT 
RAIN TO MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA TODAY. THAT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO PUMP 
GREATER AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO THE REGION THROUGH 
THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...RAIN TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVIER 
THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA. MOREOVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE 
OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY...AND 
THROUGHOUT THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. 

RESULTING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE 
QUITE POSSIBLE WITH THIS WEATHER EVENT...WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS. DESPITE 
THE ONGOING DROUGHT...THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY WELL CAUSE FLOODING 
OF AREAS PRONE TO INUNDATIONS...AND COULD EVEN CAUSE FLOODING OF 
SOME AREAS THAT DO NOT NORMALLY FLOOD. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE
ISSUED.

A FLOOD THREAT EXISTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE INDICATED
AREAS. URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PEOPLE
ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY IF
HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. BE READY TO LEAVE
IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. IF WATER
COVERS THE ROAD AT A BRIDGE...DIP OR LOW SPOT...OR IS FLOWING ACROSS
THE ROAD...STOP AND TURN AROUND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$

TFG/MPD

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