[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/4/2003 10:53:45 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 051456
FFAPHI
NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-052100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1053 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003

...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING. 
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD 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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