[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/16/2002 9:39:54 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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


...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH...EFFECTIVE 
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...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.

LOW PRESSURE WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST THIS 
EVENING.  THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD 
TONIGHT...AND WILL PASS NEAR OUR REGION ON SUNDAY.

OVER THE WATCH AREA...RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN 
AROUND ONE HALF INCH. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO 
SUNDAY...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE AND A 
HALF TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE REGION BEFORE 
RAIN ENDS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA.  
FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...ESPECIALLY 
ALONG STREETS WHERE LEAVES HAVE BLOCKED STORM DRAINS.

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

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND 
POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND 
ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI.

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