[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 05/13/2002 01:52:49

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
200 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

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

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

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

IN DELAWARE
  NEW CASTLE

IN MARYLAND
  CECIL

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM 
DRAPED ACROSS THE DELAWARE VALLEY WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE AN INCH TO AN 
INCH AND A HALF. HOWEVER...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD 
KEEP MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA DROPPING HIGHER AMOUNTS IN A SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME. 

THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLOODING IS IN HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS. 
HOWEVER...DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION AND TIMING OF THE RAINS...SOME 
OF THE SMALLER STREAMS COULD ALSO FLOOD.

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.

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