[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 5/26/2003 4:44:20 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 260851
FFAPHI
DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ015>019-PAZ067>071-261600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
455 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED THROUGH NOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR SMALL 
STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... NORTHERN 
DELAWARE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL AND KENT.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BETWEEN NOW 
AND NOON TODAY. A FEW SPOTS COULD ALSO SEE A THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO TOTAL UP TO ONE INCH IN MANY AREAS...AND A 
FEW AREAS COULD RECEIVE CLOSER TO TWO INCHES...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY 
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAIN AMOUNTS CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER 
OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND END BY EVENING.

A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO
RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL...OR HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN
URBAN AREAS. 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.

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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