[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/22/2003 4:10:21 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
410 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2003


...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA MUCH OF NEW JERSEY NORTHERN DELAWARE AND EXTREME 
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...


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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...
  MONMOUTH...MERCER...BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...AND SALEM.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

A FRONT IS STATIONARY FROM EASTERN CANADA SOUTHWARD ALONG THE 
COASTAL PLAIN. THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND EAST OF THIS FRONT IS 
EXTREMELY WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION...ITS EXPECTED THAT 
THERE WILL BE PERIODIC PASSAGES OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TODAY 
AND TONIGHT WHICH WILL HELP ACCENTUATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA 
AS THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DROP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN...LOCALLY 4 INCHES...THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH WOULD EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING. 

VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF RAIN OCCURRED IN THE WATCH AREA TUESDAY...BUT 
MANY PLACES PICKED UP 1 TO 3 INCHES IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS 
WELL AS NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW JERSEY.

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD URBAN AND STREET 
FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH THE WEATHER...AND
BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING 
OCCUR...OR IF A FLOOD WARNING ISSUED. IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A 
WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE INTO OR 
THROUGH WATER OR AROUND BARRICADES. 

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