[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/13/2004 4:17:42 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY...

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BERKS...LEHIGH...
  NORTHAMPTON...CARBON...BUCKS AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...
  SOMERSET...EASTERN MONMOUTH...CAPE MAY...COASTAL OCEAN...
  ATLANTIC...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...OCEAN...GLOUCESTER...
  COASTAL ATLANTIC...WESTERN MONMOUTH...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  KENT...INLAND SUSSEX...NEW CASTLE AND DELAWARE BEACHES.

IN MARYLAND...
  CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNE'S AND TALBOT.


A NORTH-SOUTH FRONT HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF 
OF PENNSYLVANIA THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE 
OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AS WELL AS PARTS OF NEW 
JERSEY, NORTHERN DELAWARE, AND THE NORTHEAST MARYLAND SHORE. 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER 
MONROE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT, AND A
SPOTTER REPORTED AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR TANNERSVILLE IN
MONROE COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE
ARE FORECAST TO MOVE UP THE EAST COAST TODAY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE MORNING
PROGRESSES.

AT THIS TIME, COMPUTER MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN 
WITH THE RESIDUAL ENERGY AND MOISTURE FROM BONNIE COULD MOVE OVER 
EASTERN SECTIONS OF OUR AREA, MEANING DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY, AS 
WELL AS JUST OFFSHORE. HOWEVER, SINCE AREAS IN THE LOWER AND MID 
DELAWARE VALLEY WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT WOULD BE ON 
THE EDGE OF THIS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION, THE ENTIRE AREA IS CONTINUED 
IN THE FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY. ONE-HALF TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS 
FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS, BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS COULD REACH 3 OR 4 INCHES 
TODAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY HUMID AND QUITE UNSTABLE, WHICH 
ARE PRIME INGREDIENTS IN WRINGING OUT HEAVY RAIN IN A FEW HOURS TIME.

WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY IF IT FALLS IN A RELATIVELY 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, FLOODING IS POSSIBLE, AND POSSIBLY REPEAT 
FLOODING FOR SOME AREAS. THEREFORE, THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THIS 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 PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE
PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR, 
OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU SEE 
WATERS RISING. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE THROUGH 
FLOODED AREAS. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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