[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/14/2003 5:52:03 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 141045
FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 AM EST SUN DEC 14 2003

...FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED...


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

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

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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST TODAY.
THIS STORM WILL TRACK UP THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND
INTENSIFY. FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL TURN OVER TO PLAIN RAIN THROUGH
THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON AS MILDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM
THE ATLANTIC. THE RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS CERTAINLY 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN, COUPLED WITH THE
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL STREAMS, CREEKS AND
RIVERS, MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING CONCERNS. AS A RESULT, THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH INTO TONIGHT. 

REMEMBER, NEVER DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. AND NEVER DRIVE 
AROUND BARRICADES. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
$$

FOR COMPLETE WEATHER INFORMATION, VISIT OR WEB SITE AT:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (IN LOWER CASE LETTERS).

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