[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/7/2003 3:42:26 PM
PHI Skywarn
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Sat, 07 Jun 2003 15:42:28 -0400
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003
...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH
THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN PENNSYLVANIA...
DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS.
IN NEW JERSEY...
MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...SALEM...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.
IN DELAWARE...
NEW CASTLE.
IN MARYLAND...
CECIL.
LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF
THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE OUT TO SEA ON
SUNDAY. IN GENERAL...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AS WELL AS DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT BETWEEN .50 AND 1.00 INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. SOME LOCALES...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...DELAWARE...THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...AND SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA HAVE RECEIVED UP 1.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
WITH RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUING TO RUN HIGH AND WITH MORE
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER HAS
CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH.
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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