[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/10/2003 3:42:21 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EST WED DEC 10 2003

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

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


ALSO...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  BERKS...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO 
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST, MOVING THROUGH THE SAINT LAWRENCE 
VALLEY LATER THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH OUR AREA

EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ON ITS WAY, THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING BECOMING
MUCH HEAVIER ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE 
TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY, UP TO ONE 
EXTRA INCH OF LIQUID IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE MELTING SNOW WHICH IS
LIKELY TO MELT COMPLETELY.  

THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD CAUSE FLOODING 
ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE LATE 
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. STORM DRAINS MAY BE CLOGGED WITH SNOW 
OR LEAVES THAT WERE NOT COLLECTED BEFORE THE WEEKEND SNOW STORM. 
THIS COULD COMPOUND ANY FLOODING. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING IS NOT 
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME, BUT WILL BE MONITORED. AN ADDED
COMPLICATION MIGHT BE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WITH OR WITHOUT
THE FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN MIGHT LINGER INTO THE START OF THE MORNING
COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY IN THE PHILADELPHIA NORTHERN SUBURBS AND CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY.

IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING POTENTIAL...THE WARMER AIR PASSING OVER
THE SNOW COVER IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE AND ENHANCE THE FOG TONIGHT
AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE PATCHES OF VERY DENSE FOG
TONIGHT.
 
GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THURSDAY MORNING.
 
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.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATION. 

REMEMBER TO CHECK THAT YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS WORKING PROPERLY
IN THE EVENT FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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