[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/28/2003 6:30:37 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
525 AM EST TUE OCT 28 2003

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED...


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

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...SALEM...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...WESTERN
  MONMOUTH...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING NEAR THE GULF OF MEXICO EARLY THIS
MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...AND PASS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THAT SYSTEM IS CARRYING MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
WITH IT. 

RAINS FROM YESTERDAY WERE BETWEEN 1.0 AND 3.0 INCHES NEAR AND
NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. AS A RESULT...STREAMS AND
CREEKS IN THE AREA WERE RUNNING RATHER HIGH EARLY THIS MORNING. 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE SYSTEM APPROACHING TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO
BE BETWEEN 1.0 AND 2.0 INCHES. IF THAT AMOUNT OF RAIN DOES
FALL...THEN FLOODING OF SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 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.