[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/16/2003 2:36:01 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 160730
FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
227 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR
WEDNESDAY...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH 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...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


A COLD FRONT OVER THE MIDWEST WILL MOVE EAST CROSSING THE REGION
WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO FORM ON THE
FRONT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CAROLINAS LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW SHOULD
INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AN
INCH...BUT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COULD HAVE AN
INCH AND A HALF. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN, COUPLED WITH SATURATED GROUND
AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL STREAMS, CREEKS AND RIVERS, MAY CAUSE SOME
FLOODING CONCERNS. IN ADDITION, ANY SNOW COVER THAT REMAINS ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY OR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA COULD MELT AND ADD TO
THE RUNOFF. AS A RESULT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY.

THE AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING ARE THE SAME AREAS THAT GOT
FLOODING FROM THE PAST COUPLE STORMS.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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