[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/26/2003 4:25:17 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
320 PM EST SUN OCT 26 2003

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED...


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

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON AND MONROE.





TEST TEST TEST, THIS IS ONLY A TEST. THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVE SEVERE
WEATHER STATEMENT.

AN ACTIVE AND SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA 
WILL AFFECT OUR REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM HAS 
BEEN CARRYING PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITH IT AND IT HAS THE KIND OF 
SUPPORT ALOFT THAT COULD TAP THAT MOISTURE TO GENERATE HEAVY 
RAINFALL. IT ALSO HAS THE KIND OF WIND PROFILE THAT COULD GENERATE 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

BETWEEN 1.50 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL. OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL 
FALL ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE 
IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE TONIGHT SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS 
THE REST OF THE REGION EARLY MONDAY. 

WITH RAINFALL OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...THERE COULD BE SOME FLOODING OF 
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OF CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT ARE MOST 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. MOREOVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN 
THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE DAY MONDAY.


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.


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