[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/24/2003 10:19:22 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1003 AM EST WED DEC 24 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...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE 
EAST CROSSING THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
A WIDESPREAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER NEW JERSEY WILL MOVE AWAY FROM
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
INTO THE WATCH AREA AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WHERE AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY ONE TO ONE AND A
HALF INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO AN INCH COULD
OCCUR BEFORE DRY AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING.
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.WEATHER.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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