[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/23/2003 4:46:34 AM
PHI Skywarn
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Wed, 23 Jul 2003 04:46:35 -0400
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
430 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2003
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR PARTS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, NORTHERN DELAWARE
AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WILL MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST AND IT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF
OUR REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN ON TOP OF THAT WHICH FELL ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AS A RESULT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.
IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, CARBON, MONROE, NORTHAMPTON, LEHIGH, BERKS,
CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS.
IN NEW JERSEY, SUSSEX, WARREN, MORRIS, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET,
MIDDLESEX AND MERCER.
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS, AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE
IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT IN THE WATCH AREA.
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE LOCATION AND YOU EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN
BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING.
REMEMBER, DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATER, THE WATER
MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.
BASED ON THE LATEST TRENDS, THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE DISCONTINUED FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.
IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE COUNTY AND
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.
IN NEW JERSEY, MONMOUTH, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER AND SALEM.
IN NORTHERN DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE.
IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, CECIL.
EVEN THOUGH THE WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED IN SOME COUNTIES,
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING BRIEF DOWNPOURS TO THOSE
LOCATIONS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
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IOVINO