[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/19/2003 4:17:02 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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


...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...


A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE
REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS ALL IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG
COLD FRONT AND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE REMAINS
IN PLACE, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN TO OCCUR.

IN GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

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

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF 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, OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. 
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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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