[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 6/1/2003 9:21:47 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
912 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2003

...SOME RISES ON AREA STREAMS...

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS CAUSED SOME RISES ON AREA STREAMS
BUT NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL TOTALS WERE 
ANYWHERE FROM 2.76 INCHES AT DREHER IN WAYNE COUNTY TO 4.8 INCHES AT 
BEAR CREEK IN LUZERNE COUNTY. ELSEWHERE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL. 

AS A RESULT...SOME RIVERS WERE SHOWING SOME MINOR RISES THIS 
MORNING. FOR INSTANCE...AT 9 AM...THE LEVEL OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER 
AT BERNE WAS 9.1 FT AND STILL RISING WITH THE FLOOD STAGE OF 12.0 
FT. THE SCHUYLKILL AT BERNE IS EXPECTED TO CREST BETWEEN 11 AND 12 
FT THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE LEHIGH RIVER AT LEHIGHTON WAS 7.4 FT AND FALLING FROM ITS CREST 
OF 7.5 FT. FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY 
WITH ANOTHER ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. 

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR 
CARBON...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES. 

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