[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/22/2003 10:46:08 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2003

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 
TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW 
JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

SPECIFICALLY...THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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 NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FRONT ALONG 
THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS CONTINUES TO BE THE FOCUS FOR 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS IN THE 
WATCH AREAS HAS RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 
OVER 5 INCHES.

GIVEN THE WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...ADDITIONAL 
HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

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 IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO OR 
THROUGH WATER OR AROUND BARRICADES. 

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KRAUS



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