[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/22/2003 9:09:08 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 
TUESDAY 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. RAIN 
WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT AND BECOME 
HEAVIER TOWARD MORNING.    

GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH AND AN INCH AND A 
HALF 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 TOWARD AND INTO THE MORNING WHEN 
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 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 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.
 
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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