[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/4/2003 3:26:43 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 050729
FFAPHI
NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-051500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
320 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CARBON AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN AND MORRIS.

THE WARM HUMID AIR THATS HAS BEEN OVER THE AREA WILL AGAIN SEE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE COUNTIES IN 
THE WATCH HAVE BEEN HIT WITH HEAVY RAINS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 
FEW DAYS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES SO FAR. THE 
PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE HEAVY AND MAY DROP 2 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN A SHORT TIME. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 
COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF 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.

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