[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/5/2003 12:54:08 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 060457
FFAPHI
NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-061100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1254 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003


...FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED FOR EARLY THIS MORNING...


THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE 
FOLLOWING AREAS...

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

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

A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO THE WATCH 
AREA. RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY IN THIS NEW AREA.

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.  ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH THIS MORNING 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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