[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/24/2002 1:39:10 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
119 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2002


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS.

IN NEW JERSEY...
HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...SALEM...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...MERCER   
MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
CECIL.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST 
TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START TONIGHT...POSSIBLY AS A MIXTURE OF 
SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE 
WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND ONE INCH 
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE 
AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

HEAVY RAIN LATE LAST WEEK HAS LEFT SOME OF THE SMALL STREAMS AND 
RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. THE LIST INCLUDES 
BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE CHRISTINA RIVER IN DELAWARE...THE 
ASSUNPINK CREEK IN NEW JERSEY...AND THE VALLEY CREEK IN PENNSYLVANIA.

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TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. YOU CAN 
ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING 
ADDRESS...WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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