[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/2/2003 3:04:42 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SALEM...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...MERCER AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN DELMARVA WILL MEANDER 
NORTH AND SOUTH SOME THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS 
WILL TRACK ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY 
WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

AN AREA OF DEVELOPING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OHIO 
VALLEY...WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL 
MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SOME HEAVIER RAIN IS 
QUITE POSSIBLE FROM THIS ACTIVITY. FOLLOWING THIS AREA OF 
PRECIPITATION WILL BE A SECONDARY SURGE OF MOISTURE. THIS WILL BE 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE...WHICH IS NOW 
CAUGHT UP IN THE STALLED OUT FRONT. THIS ROUND OF PRECIPITATION 
COULD ALSO BE LOCALLY HEAVY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SINCE THE 
LOCATION AND TIMING OF THIS SECONDARY ROUND OF RAIN IS A BIT 
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...THE FLOOD WATCHES MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED 
AND EXPANDED.

WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HEAVY RAIN COMING DOWN IN A SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME...SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL PARTICULARLY 
BE A CONCERN FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH AREAS OF POOR 
DRAINAGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS 
WHERE THE MORE CONCENTRATED RAIN OCCURS.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE 
WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS 
AND FLOODING OCCUR...OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF FLOODING 
OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE 
INTO OR THROUGH WATER AS THE WATER CAN BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. 
NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP AROUND FLOODED 
AREAS. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR 
FURTHER UPDATES.
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FOR COMPLETE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (IN LOWERCASE LETTERS).

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