[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/9/2003 12:52:29 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1255 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BERKS...LEHIGH...
  NORTHAMPTON...CARBON...BUCKS AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...SALEM...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...WESTERN MONMOUTH...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN
  BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

A PERSISTENT FLOW OF HUMID AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION AS A 
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION. 
OVER THE PAST WEEK...SEVERAL PLACES HAVE PICKED UP ABOUT 2 TO 4 
INCHES OF RAINFALL. WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR YET AGAIN.

WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 
THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAN LEAD TO FLASH 
FLOODING. 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD URBAN AND STREET 
FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA INTO TONIGHT. 

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH THE WEATHER...AND
BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING 
OCCUR...OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A 
WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE INTO OR 
THROUGH WATER OR AROUND BARRICADES. 

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GORSE

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