[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/22/2003 3:19:24 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
246 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BERKS...LEHIGH...
  NORTHAMPTON...CARBON...BUCKS AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COUPLED WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF 
MEXICO AND HIGHER LEVEL MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE MARTY WILL PRODUCE 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.    

GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH AND ONE INCH CAN BE 
EXPECTED PRECEDING AND ACCOMPANYING THIS COLD FRONT. BUT ISOLATED 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE WITH LOCATIONS THAT DO GET THUNDERSTORMS. THE COLD FRONT 
ITSELF WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES AFTER 
DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY. IT IS AROUND THIS TIME WHERE THE HEAVIEST 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. EXPECT THE TUESDAY MORNING 
RUSH HOUR TO BE WET AND SLOWER THAN USUAL. PONDING ON THE HIGHWAYS 
IS LIKELY AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING.

IF IN FACT PORTIONS OF THE REGION DO RECEIVE ABOUT TWO INCHES OF 
RAIN...SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD BE VULNERABLE TO FLASH 
FLOODING. STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN HIGHER THAN NORMAL FROM THE 
RECENT HEAVY RAIN...PARTICULARLY IN CECIL...CHESTER AND NEW CASTLE 
COUNTIES. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS YOU 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. 

ONCE AGAIN...THE COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP OFF THE 
COAST TUESDAY MORNING AND END THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR 
FURTHER UPDATES.

$$

TFG 




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