[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/23/2003 3:34:53 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 230830
FFAPHI

DEZ001-NJZ008>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ067>071-231800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
AND EXTREME NORTHERN DELAWARE... 


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

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


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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.


A COLD FRONT FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE OHIO AND LOWER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS TO THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST WILL MOVE EAST 
AND CROSS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY 
EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO FORM ON THE FRONT 
OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO 
ENHANCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND RATES AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE 
REGION WEDNESDAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE 
INCH...BUT ISOLATED SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF 
INCHES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN...COUPLED WITH GROUND STILL CONTAINING A 
GOOD DEAL OF WATER FROM PREVIOUS RAIN AS WELL AS HIGHER THAN NORMAL 
STREAMS, CREEKS, AND RIVERS...MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. AS A RESULT, 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE 
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES.

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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