[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/15/2002 19:26:18

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

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD UP FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE NIGHT.  
THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND ON 
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 
COMMON IN THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  SOME LOCATIONS MAY 
RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN.  THE PRECIPITATION IS 
FORECAST TO END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE PART OF 
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS 
CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

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

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

IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...CECIL.

THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

HEAVY RAIN LATE LAST WEEK HAS LEFT SOME OF THE SMALL STREAMS AND 
RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.  THE LIST INCLUDES 
BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE CHRISTINA RIVER IN DELAWARE...THE 
ASSUNPINK CREEK IN NEW JERSEY...AND THE VALLEY CREEK IN 
PENNSYLVANIA.

HEAVY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD MAKE THE MORNING COMMUTE MORE 
DIFFICULT THAN USUAL WITH PONDING OF WATER IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE RAIN WAS 
CENTERED OFF OF WILMINGTON...NORTH CAROLINA ON TUESDAY EVENING.  THE 
LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH ALONG THE COAST.  IT SHOULD PASS NEAR 
SOUTHERN DELAWARE LATE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ALONG THE JERSEY 
SHORE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.  YOU CAN 
ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING 
ADDRESS...WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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IOVINO



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