[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/27/2003 2:26:29 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT 
AND SUNDAY 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...SALEM...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE ENTIRE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. 
WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IN PLACE OUT AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...THE 
COLD FRONT WILL THEN INTERACT WITH THIS MOIST AIR MASS AND PRODUCE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE RAIN CAN BE HEAVY AT TIMES 
LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

THE GROUND IN SEVERAL AREAS HAS YET TO RECOVER COMPLETELY FROM THE 
HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR 
AROUND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH ANY 
THUNDERSTORMS.

TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS MEANS 
THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD KEEP FORMING AND MOVING OVER 
THE SAME AREAS. IF THIS HAPPENS...MUCH HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD 
OCCUR. FOR THIS REASON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED THE 
FLOOD WATCH.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR HEAVIER RAIN IS THIS EVENING AS SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OCEAN MOVE INLAND WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD 
FRONT. THEN THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM 
ACTIVITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BEFORE THE RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE COLD FRONT MOVE OVER THE WATCH AREA. THIS SECOND AREA OF RAIN 
WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY 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.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI

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