[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/27/2003 6:18:50 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 AM EST MON OCT 27 2003

...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY...


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

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  MERCER.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

AN ACTIVE AN SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE WATCH AREA 
TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.0 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 
IF WE EXPERIENCE RAINFALL AT THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE, FLOODING 
OF SOME OF THE MORE FLOOD PRONE STREAMS AND SOME OF THE AREAS AWAY 
FROM STREAMS BUT STILL SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING WOULD OCCUR. 

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 UPDATES. 
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEB SITE AT 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI.

MPD



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