[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/5/2003 2:56:34 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 051859
FFAPHI
NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-060500-

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


...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT...
 

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO  TONIGHT...

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

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

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WERE DROPPING
HEAVY RAIN AT THE RATE OF UP TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE WATCH 
AREA. THEY HAVE ALREADY NECESSITATED SEVERAL WARNINGS AND 
ADVISORIES. THE ACTIVITY HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PEAKING DURING THE 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE 
BECOMING MORE WIDELY SCATTERED OVERNIGHT.
 
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 THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE HEAVY AND MAY 
DROP 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS WITHIN 
ABOUT AN HOUR. THIS IS MORE THAN NEARLY SATURATED GROUND CAN HOLD. 

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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