[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/28/2003 5:25:59 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
338 PM EST TUE OCT 28 2003

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME
NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELAWARE...PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH 
JERSEY...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY WAS ADDED THIS AFTERNOON.

THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... 

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

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

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.


.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THIS EVENING THEN
TRACK NORTHEAST TO THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS WHILE
STRENGTHENING. A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT COUPLED WITH AN
ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC WILL BRING ABUNDANT
MOISTURE TO THE REGION. THE BEST TIME FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FROM 3
AM TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY. 

STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM MONDAYS ONE TO THREE
INCH RAINFALL ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD AGAIN IF THE EXPECTED ONE TO TWO
INCH RAINS FALL IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE
THIS TIME TO CONSIDER WHAT ACTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE IF FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PERSONS WITH ALARM
FEATURES ON THEIR NOAA WEATHER RADIO SHOULD CHECK TO SEE THAT THEY
ARE WORKING PROPERLY.

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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EBERWINE(COR TO FRESHEN UP HEADLINE)