[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/28/2003 12:20:03 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1115 AM EST TUE OCT 28 2003

...FLOOD WATCH FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED 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 IN THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING 
IS FORECAST TO MOVE UP THE EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... 
AND PASS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM 
WILL CARRY MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH IT...AS WELL AS 
GATHER MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC. 

RAIN FROM YESTERDAY TOTALED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES NEAR AND 
NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. AS A RESULT...STREAMS AND 
CREEKS IN THE AREA WERE RATHER HIGH THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
FROM THE SYSTEM APPROACHING TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN 1 AND 
2 INCHES OVER THE WATCH AREA. 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.

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


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