[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/13/2004 1:00:22 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
100 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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.


TORRENTIAL RAINS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AS WELL
AS PARTS OF NEW JERSEY, NORTHERN DELAWARE, AND THE NORTHEAST MARYLAND
SHORE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
ESTIMATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER MONROE COUNTY 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 MOVING UP THE 
EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS
MUCH OF NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THE
EVENING. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WITH THE RESIDUAL ENERGY AND MOISTURE FROM BONNIE
WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE 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 THE REST OF TODAY. ONE-HALF
TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS, BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS
COULD REACH UP TO 2 INCHES THE REST OF TODAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE
REMAINS VERY HUMID AND QUITE UNSTABLE, WHICH ARE PRIME INGREDIENTS IN
WRINGING OUT HEAVY RAIN IN A FEW HOURS TIME.

ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM, CHARLEY, IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARDS OUR
REGION LATER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM. THERE ARE STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE
TRACK AND SPEED OF CHARLEY, HOWEVER IT IS POSSIBLE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN COULD FALL NEAR THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. 

WITH ALL 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 EARLY THIS EVENING.

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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CORRECTED HEADLINE TO INCLUDE VALID TIME OF WATCH.

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