[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/28/2003 10:52:05 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR 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 DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEAST COASTS OVERNIGHT WILL 
TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS BY
DAYBREAK WHILE STRENGTHENING. RAIN HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AND
WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAIN
WILL BE FROM 2 AM UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.  

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 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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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