[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/27/2003 4:38:16 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 272033
FFAPHI
MDZ008-DEZ001-NJZ001-007-015-PAZ054>055-060>062-067>071-280300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 PM EST MON OCT 27 2003

...FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED INTO THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...
  DELAWARE...CHESTER... MONTGOMERY...BUCKS AND PHILADELPHIA.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  MERCER...SUSSEX...WARREN.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL. 

AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN 
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TODAY HAS GENERALLY AVERAGED 1 TO 2 
INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE HEAVY...CONTINUED 
RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION...FALLEN 
LEAVES WILL EXACERBATE ANY POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREA 
FLOODING...AS WELL AS MAKE FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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 (IN LOWERCASE LETTERS).

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