[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/22/2003 4:12:23 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR MANY SPOTS TO THE NORTH 
AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH THIS 
MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX AND WARREN.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

THE WATCH WAS DROPPED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND FOR 
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.

AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING 
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS 
MORNING. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS EAST...THE RAIN WILL END FROM THE WEST 
BY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... 
WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN 
LAST WEEK.

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. 

$$

KRAUS



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