[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 09/01/2002 10:24:07

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1030 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 420
PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND... 
GLOUCESTER...AND SALEM.
       
IN DELAWARE...KENT AND NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNES...AND TALBOT.

AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH UP THE DELMARVA PENINSULA... 
AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 
AS OF 10 AM...THE RAIN GAUGE AT SUSSEX COUNTY AIRPORT IN GEORGETOWN 
DELAWARE HAD REPORTED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE EARLY THIS 
MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SUSSEX COUNTY.

A FLASH 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 AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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KRAUS

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