[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/15/2002 14:49:51

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
411 PM EDT TUE OCT 15 2002


...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

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

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

IN DELAWARE
  NEW CASTLE

IN MARYLAND
  CECIL

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST 
TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND PASS THROUGH DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY ON 
WEDNESDAY. AS IT GAINS STRENGTH...THIS LOW WILL TAP MOISTURE FROM 
BOTH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND WILL HAVE THE 
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT 
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN ABOUT 
A TWELVE HOUR PERIOD FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND 
TWO INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES. 

RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT SOME OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS 
IN THE WATCH AREA VULNERABLE TO ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THESE 
INCLUDE THE CHRISTINA RIVER IN DELAWARE...THE ASSUNPINK CREEK IN NEW 
JERSEY AND THE VALLEY CREEK IN PENNSYLVANIA.  EVEN WITHOUT STREAM 
FLOODING...HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD MAKE THE MORNING 
COMMUTE MORE DIFFICULT THAN USUAL WITH PONDING OF WATER IN MANY POOR 
DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. 

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 FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING IS 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. 

$$

AMC


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