[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/26/2003 4:03:16 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 270753
FFAPHI
PAZ054-055-271600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR 
THE POCONOS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT 
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON AND MONROE.

THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY EXISTS 
FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE GROUND IN THE POCONOS HAS YET TO 
RECOVER FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL ON TUESDAY. THE POSSIBILITY 
EXISTS FOR AROUND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING 
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MIGHT BE 
ENOUGH HEAVY RAIN TO ONCE AGAIN CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS WELL 
AS FLOODING IN AREA STREAMS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL 
FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THE FIRST HALF OF SUNDAY MORNING. 
RUNOFF PROBLEMS THOUGH MIGHT LINGER INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
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. 

FOR COMPLETE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: 
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI.

$$

TFG



 


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