[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 06/18/2003 17:42:18

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WGUS71 KPHI 181945
FFSPHI
DEC003-MDC015-NJC005-007-015-019-021-023-025-029-033-035-PAC017-029-
045-091-101-190300-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN 
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON.  THE RAIN WILL SPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST 
AND IT SHOULD REACH NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY LATE TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED IN OUR REGION ON THURSDAY MORNING AND IT MAY 
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES.

THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE REGION 
THIS MORNING.  THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED ON 
THURSDAY MAY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN AREAS OF 
POOR DRAINAGE.  AS A RESULT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED 
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON.  THE ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, BUCKS, MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE 
AND PHILADELPHIA.

IN NEW JERSEY, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MERCER, MONMOUTH, 
OCEAN, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER AND SALEM.

IN DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, CECIL. 

IF YOU LIVE ALONG A CREEK, A STREAM OR IN AN AREA OF POOR DRAINAGE 
BE SURE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. BE 
READY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA AND 
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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

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