[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/19/2003 4:38:16 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 190932
FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
431 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

...FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST CROSSING THE REGION THIS EVENING.
ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACCOMPANIES THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM AND 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN COULD FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE

FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE
POSSIBLE WHEREVER THIS RAINFALL MATERIALIZES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS
IN URBAN AREAS WHERE LEAVES AND OTHER DEBRIS MAY CLOG STORM DRAINS. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD BE OVER BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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.

$$

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.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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