[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 5/25/2003 4:06:55 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003

...FLOOD WATCH FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM AREAS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR SMALL STREAMS 
AND URBAN AREAS EFFECTIVE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM MONDAY FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... 
NORTHERN DELAWARE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND SALEM.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL AND KENT.

AN AREA OF RAIN HAD SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY 
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATER 
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...AS A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS FROM THE SOUTH 
OVERRIDES THE COOL EAST WINDS NEAR THE GROUND. 

BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY MONDAY 
MORNING. RAINFALL OF THAT AMOUNT COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS 
AND URBAN AREAS...INCLUDING LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. 

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. 
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER... 
AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

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KRAUS


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