[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/19/2003 11:24:22 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1116 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

...FLOOD WATCH EXPANDED...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXPANDED THE FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE
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 AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST CROSSING THE REGION THIS EVENING.
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM AND 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN SHOULD 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 OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST UPDATES. 
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THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT: 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI

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