[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/24/2003 4:20:32 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
412 AM EST WED DEC 24 2003

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY...

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...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

A COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE 
SLOWLY EAST TODAY AND REACH THE COAST THIS EVENING. A STRONG AND 
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL AND BRING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TAPER
OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF
INCHES...BUT ISOLATED SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO TWO 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 CONTINUED THE FLOOD 
WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN, CENTRAL 
AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, AND NORTHERN DELAWARE. HOWEVER, THE 
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTHWESTERN NEW 
JERSEY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN POCONOS IN EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA, AS WELL AS CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

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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