[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/27/2003 9:41:30 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THROUGH 
SUNDAY MORNING...

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. IN FACT A FEW LOCATIONS 
ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IN SUSSEX... 
MORRIS...SOMERSET AND CARBON COUNTIES ON SATURDAY. 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 NOW APPEARS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND 
TOWARD MORNING AS RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVE OVER THE 
WATCH AREA. THIS 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

TFG





 
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