[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/16/2003 3:42:56 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR
WEDNESDAY 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE 
OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST AND CROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION LATE 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS 
FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON THIS FRONT OVER THE CAROLINAS LATE TONIGHT. 
THIS LOW SHOULD INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH OUR 
REGION ON WEDNESDAY.  THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN 
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...TAPERING TO RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN 
THE EVENING. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AN INCH OR 
SO OVER MOST AREAS, BUT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 
COULD PICK UP 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 AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WILL 
MELT AND ADD TO THE RUNOFF. AS A RESULT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY.

THE AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING ARE THE SAME AREAS THAT 
RECEIVED FLOODING FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF STORMS.  HOWEVER, DUE TO 
THE RELATIVELY WARM NATURE OF THIS STORM, SOME AREAS OF EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WHICH RECEIVED MOSTLY SNOW OR 
ICE OVER THE WEEKEND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING TOMORROW. 

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 IF A FLOOD WARNING 
IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS 
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 

$$

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT: 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (IN SMALL LETTERS).

GORSE/AMC





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