[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 06/19/2003 05:29:06

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003

...FLOOD WATCH INTO FRIDAY MORNING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH INTO FRIDAY 
MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...
  SOMERSET...EASTERN MONMOUTH...CAPE MAY...COASTAL OCEAN...
  ATLANTIC...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...OCEAN...GLOUCESTER...
  COASTAL ATLANTIC...WESTERN MONMOUTH...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  KENT...INLAND SUSSEX...NEW CASTLE AND DELAWARE BEACHES.

IN MARYLAND...
  CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNE'S AND TALBOT.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER 
CENTRAL VIRGINIA WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. RAIN 
WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. IN THE 
MEANTIME...A COLD FRONT OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CROSS THE REGION 
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A RENEWED LIKELIHOOD  
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED 
AS THIS COLD FRONT STALLS JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND IMPULSES RIDE ALONG 
IT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS 
EXPECTED FROM THESE SYSTEMS...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN SOME 
LOCATIONS. SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE ARE
ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING CONSIDERING THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH 
FELL DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER 
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE 
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE 
ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$
JJM