[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/17/2003 5:58:22 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 171052
FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
548 AM EST WED DEC 17 2003


...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES...


A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

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 BAND OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...HAS REACHED THOSE AREAS WHERE THE
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THE RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER VIRGINIA WHICH IS GOING TO INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES TOWARD THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY THIS
AFTERNOON. 

ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS ALREADY
SWOLLEN FROM RECENT STORMS. SOME STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING IS
LIKELY LEADING UP TO THIS MORNINGS RUSH HOUR.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD REACH 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON
WHICH IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING ON MANY STREAMS AND
CREEKS.

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.

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

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