[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/7/2003 11:10:28 AM

PHI Skywarn [email protected]
Sat, 07 Jun 2003 11:10:29 -0400


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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1115 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003


...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...


A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CONTINUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND 
IT INCLUDES 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.

LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS 
MORNING.  THE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND IT SHOULD PASS OVER 
OR NEAR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE, EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 
NEW JERSEY AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 
ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.  THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING 
HOURS.

THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL AND RIVERS AND 
STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE RIVER OR STREAM BE SURE TO MONITOR 
WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY.  BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU 
ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA AND FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS 
ISSUED.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU 
THINK IT IS.

WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING, RESIDUAL 
FLOODING FROM RUNOFF IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY.

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IOVINO


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