[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/11/2002 21:44:56

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
955 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH 
OVERNIGHT 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
  KENT                             NEW CASTLE

IN MARYLAND
  CECIL                            KENT
  QUEEN ANNE'S

OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA 
SINCE THURSDAY EVENING WITH A FEW ISOLATED REPORTS OVER 5 INCHES IN 
THE SOUTHERN POCONOS. MANY STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA ARE 
EXPERIENCING RISES OF SEVERAL FEET AS A RESULT OF THIS RAIN. AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS 
AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE MOVE NORTHEAST OFF THE COAST 
OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA SATURDAY MORNING. FLOODING COULD RESULT 
ESPECIALLY IF THIS RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS FROM 
TODAY/S RAIN.

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.

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.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$

JJM


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