[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 08/29/2002 04:47:26

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
441 AM EDT THU AUG 29 2002

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH  
TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN PENNSYLVANIA
  DELAWARE                         PHILADELPHIA
  CHESTER                          MONTGOMERY
  BUCKS

IN NEW JERSEY
  ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY        HUNTERDON
  SOMERSET                         EASTERN MONMOUTH
  CAPE MAY                         COASTAL OCEAN
  ATLANTIC                         SALEM
  CUMBERLAND                       CAMDEN
  OCEAN                            GLOUCESTER
  COASTAL ATLANTIC                 WESTERN MONMOUTH
  MERCER                           MIDDLESEX
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON          NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON

IN DELAWARE
  KENT                             INLAND SUSSEX
  NEW CASTLE                       DELAWARE BEACHES

IN MARYLAND
  CAROLINE                         CECIL
  KENT                             QUEEN ANNE'S
  TALBOT

A SLOW MOVING AND COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT OVER AN  
INCH OF RAIN TO PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS 
POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD DEVELOP 
ACROSS THE AREA. DESPITE THE ONGOING DROUGHT...THESE RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF AREAS PRONE TO INUNDATIONS. 

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.

THE FLOOD THREAT ALSO CONTINUES ALONG SMALL 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. 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN 
YOU THINK.

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.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$

JJM