[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 06/19/2003 21:45:31

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

...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MAINTAINS A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY 
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.


LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH
THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN ARE FORECAST INTO 
THE WEEKEND AND SOME OF IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE POCONOS AND LEHIGH 
VALLEY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF RAIN 
THIS EVENING. JUST AFTER SUNSET THIS LINE WAS OVER FAR NORTHWESTERN 
NEW JERSEY SOUTHWEST THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO NORTHEASTERN 
MARYLAND. EARLIER THIS EVENING RAIN FELL AT THE RATE OF AN INCH IN A 
HALF HOUR OVER PARTS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY. THIS INDICATES THAT THE 
ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE.

RAIN AMOUNTS MAY BE SOMEWHAT VARIABLE THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT 
INDICATIONS ARE THAT WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 
INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION. AS A RESULT...SMALL STREAMS AND 
URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO 
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY 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...SUCH AS QUICKLY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND...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.

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