[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 5/31/2003 9:52:35 AM

PHI Skywarn [email protected]
Sat, 31 May 2003 09:52:36 -0400


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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
956 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2003


...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BERKS...LEHIGH...
  NORTHAMPTON...CARBON...BUCKS AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...SALEM...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL 
MOVE IN FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY 
RAIN...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS 
FROM THE WEST SUNDAY.

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 SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE
ISSUED.

IF FLOODING DOES DEVELOP...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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