[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/16/2002 04:30:53

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
430 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2002

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...

RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE 
AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON 
IN THE REGION BY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE 
BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN. THE RAIN IS FORECAST TO END FROM 
SOUTH TO NORTH DURING LATE MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS 
CONTINUED THE 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 TODAY.

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 THIS MORNING SHOULD MAKE THE COMMUTE MORE DIFFICULT THAN 
USUAL WITH PONDING OF WATER IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL BRING THE HEAVY RAIN IS JUST OFF 
THE VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA BORDER JUST BEFORE SUNRISE...AND WILL 
MOVE NORTHNORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST THIS MORNING. IT SHOULD PASS 
NEAR SOUTHERN DELAWARE LATE THIS MORNING AND ALONG THE NEW JERSEY 
SHORE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE HEADING UP INTO NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT.

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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