[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/23/2003 10:32:58 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1026 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2003


...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES...


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

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

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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH WHICH
IS VALID FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY 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 EXTENDING FROM LAKE HURON TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL
MOVE EAST CROSSING THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL 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 ONE 
INCH...BUT SOME AREAS COULD SEE 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN
COUPLED WITH NEARLY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND RELATIVELY HIGH
STREAM LEVELS...MAY RESULT 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.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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