[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/7/2003 4:51:44 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MAINTAINS A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS 
EVENING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MAINTAINS A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS 
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE ADVANCING FROM THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY IS 
EXPECTED TO BRING BETWEEN 1.00 AND 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN TO OUR AREA 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THE EVENING. THIS EXPECTED RAIN WOULD FALL 
ON AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY CLOSE TO SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.
 
A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE 
TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS...DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OR 
HEAVY DOWNPOURS FALLING ON AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. REMEMBER...
A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. 

PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS 
FREQUENTLY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. BE 
READY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA AND 
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. PLAN AN ALTERNATIVE 
ESCAPE ROUTE IN CASE WATER COVERS OR IS FLOWING ACROSS YOUR PRIMARY 
ONE.

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MPD

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