[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/21/2003 10:57:27 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 221458
FFAPHI
NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-222100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CARBON...
  BUCKS AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER AND
  MIDDLESEX.

A COLD FRONT TO THE WEST WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST. SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MOVE FROM SOUTH TO 
NORTH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL CAUSE THE HEAVY RAINS TO TRAIN OVER THE 
SAME AREA AND DROP FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF 
TIME. 

THE WATCH AREA WAS HIT LAST EVENING WITH 1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
WITH ISOLATED AREAS GETTING IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING OF 
SMALL STREAMS ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD URBAN AND STREET FLOODING IS 
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. 

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.

A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE
TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. THESE RISES ARE USUALLY DUE TO
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OR HEAVY DOWNPOURS FALLING ON AN ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT
IMMINENT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST
WEATHER...AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD A WARNING BE
ISSUED.

$$
ZEV


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