[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/16/2002 5:51:08 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 AM EST SAT NOV 16 2002

...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS 
MORNING.  THE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD 
TONIGHT AND IT SHOULD PASS OVER OUR REGION ON SUNDAY.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR TODAY...TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY.  
THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE REGION.

DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAIN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS 
ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.  THE WATCH IS 
IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

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

IN NEW JERSEY...SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...
MIDDLESEX...MERCER...WESTERN BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND
SALEM.

IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...CECIL.

FLOOD IS POSSIBLE ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA.  FLOODING 
IS ALSO EXPECTED IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE ESPECIALLY AS LEAVES 
BEGIN TO BLOCK STORM DRAINS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.  THE WATER MAY BE 
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY 
NIGHT AND UP INTO EASTERN CANADA.  BY THAT TIME THE RAIN WILL HAVE 
ENDED THROUGHOUT OUR REGION...WITH PERHAPS SOME LINGERING SNOW 
SHOWERS IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...THE POCONOS AND THE LEHIGH 
VALLEY.

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IOVINO



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