[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/24/2002 8:30:37 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 250127
FFAPHI
DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ009-010-012-015>019-PAZ067>071-251100-

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


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED 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...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
CECIL.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL SPLIT IN TWO AS IT MOVES 
NORTHEAST ALONG THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN 
CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE CENTER AGAIN AS IT RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A 
STRONG STORM OVER THE DELAWARE BAY AROUND MIDDAY CHRISTMAS. THE LOW 
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH CLOSE TO NEW JERSEY.

PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW THIS EVENING...THEN 
GRADUALLY TURN TO RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.  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.

$$

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).

JJM


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