[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/23/2003 9:29:02 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 240130
FFAPHI
NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-241000-

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


...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 
AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY OVERNIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT 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.

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 OVERNIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 
INCH OR TWO OF RAIN...LOCALLY THREE INCHES...ON TOP OF THAT WHICH 
FELL ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AS A RESULT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES. AT 
LATE EVENING THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN 
POCONOS AS WELL AS BERKS COUNTY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH 
VALLEY. SOME SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN AN 
HOUR OR TWO OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE HIGH RAIN RATES WITHIN THE SLOW 
MOVING LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS IN AREAS OF POOR 
DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN A 
FLOOD PRONE LOCATION AND YOU EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN BE PREPARED FOR 
FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOOD WATERS RISE TO 
YOUR LOCATION. 

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS AS THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.

TUNE OFTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED 
WEATHER INFORMATION.

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