[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/4/2004 3:54:29 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
351 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2004

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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.

LOW PRESSURE ON A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE 
ACROSS THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING, AND 
THEN OFF TO THE EAST LATER THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO OUR AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE 
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END FROM 
WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

GIVEN THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH THIS SYSTEM, 1 TO 2 
INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS, WITH EVEN 
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. 
THIS PRECIPITATION MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS, 
CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS.

AT THIS TIME IS APPEARS THAT THE AREA MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA...PORTIONS OF 
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE LEHIGH VALLEY...AND PORTIONS 
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI. 

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RPW


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