[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 06/06/2002 10:46:03

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

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

IN PENNSYLVANIA
  DELAWARE                         PHILADELPHIA
  CHESTER                          MONTGOMERY
  BERKS                            LEHIGH
  NORTHAMPTON                      CARBON
  BUCKS                            MONROE

IN NEW JERSEY
  SUSSEX                           WARREN
  MORRIS                           HUNTERDON
  SOMERSET                         SALEM
  CAMDEN                           GLOUCESTER
  WESTERN MONMOUTH                 MERCER
  MIDDLESEX                        NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON

IN DELAWARE
  NEW CASTLE

IN MARYLAND
  CECIL

VERY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION TODAY AND SET
THE STAGE FOR A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT TO INITIATE MORE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS. THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS MAY SUPPORT HOURLY RAINFALL 
RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE 
NEAR FOUR INCHES OR MORE IN SOME AREAS. THIS WOULD BE MORE THAN 
ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLER FLASHIER STREAMS SUCH AS THE 
ASSUNPINK CREEK...CHESTER CREEK AND THE CHRISTINA RIVER. IF THE 
HEAVIER RAIN FALLS ACROSS A LARGER AREA SOME OF THE LARGER CREEKS 
COULD ALSO FLOOD. THE RECENT DRY WEATHER WILL PROBABLY PREVENT MAIN 
STEM RIVERS FROM REACHING FLOOD STAGES.

THE RAINFALL AREA WAS EXPANDING ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO AS A 
SECONDARY FORMS ON THE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON 
AND EVENING OVER VIRGINIA.

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.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL DURING THE NIGHT WHEN IT WILL BE DIFFICULT
TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. TRAVEL DURING THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE 
ADVISED TO TAKE ROADS THAT DO NOT FLOOD EASILY OR HAVE NUMEROUS 
UNDERPASSSES AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. 

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