[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 06/20/2003 04:07:34

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH TODAY THROUGH 
SATURDAY 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.


WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST 
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS 
OVERHEAD. PERIODS OF RAIN ARE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH 
SHOWERS LINGERING PERHAPS INTO SUNDAY BEFORE THE STRANGLEHOLD OF LOW 
PRESSURE RELEASES ITS GRIP FROM THE AREA. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT 
TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... 
ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN IS FORECAST TO BE HEAVY 
AT TIMES AGAIN SATURDAY.

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND IT WILL BE 
EFFICIENT IN WRINGING MOISTURE OUT OF ITSELF DUE TO ENHANCED RISING
MOTION.

RAIN AMOUNTS MAY BE SOMEWHAT VARIABLE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT 
WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES 
THROUGHOUT THE REGION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS POSSIBLY NEAR 4 INCHES. 
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 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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