[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/26/2003 10:55:56 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 271446
FFAPHI
PAZ054-055-272100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003


...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE POCONOS...


A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS FOR TONIGHT 
INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON AND MONROE.

THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY STILL 
EXISTS FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE GROUND IN THE POCONOS HAS 
YET TO RECOVER FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS WEEK. 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.

THIS FLOOD WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST LATER 
TODAY.
 
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. 
$$

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