[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 06/20/2003 09:53:41

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


...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON 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 CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF THE CENTRAL MID 
ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THESE LOW PRESSURE AREAS DEVELOP 
IN RESPOSE TO LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OVERHEAD....PERIODS OF RAIN 
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THEN SATURDAY NIGHT...THE RAIN WILL 
BECOME MORE SHOWERY AND ON SUNDAY THE THREAT OF RAIN LESSENS AS THE 
LOW RELEASES ITS GRIP FROM THE AREA. 

RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST 
RAIN SHOULD FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN DURING 
SATURDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

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 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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