[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/9/2003 9:43:12 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED OVERNIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT 
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.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS...ARE 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. 
FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR 
SEVERAL COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA.

WITH THE HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...RAINFALL RATES OF 2 
INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ALONG WITH 
WIDESPREAD URBAN AND STREET FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA 
THROUGH THE NIGHT. 

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD 
HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR...OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. BE 
READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE INTO OR THROUGH 
WATER...OR AROUND BARRICADES. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING AT 
NIGHT...AS FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO SEE.

$$

KRAUS


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