[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/14/2004 5:37:34 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
533 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH 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.

 
TROPICAL SYSTEM CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH MARYLAND... 
DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY TONIGHT. IT IS EXPECTED TO RIDE NORTH ALONG 
THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS STALLED ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF 
THE REGION. CHARLEY IS CURRENTLY MUCH STRONGER THAN BONNIE EVER WAS 
AND IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD RAINS WILL 
OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF ITS EVENTUAL TRACK. SHOULD THIS OCCUR IN OUR
AREA, RENEWED AND EVEN MORE EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLOODING COULD
RESULT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK AND SPEED
OF THE CHARLEY. A SMALL SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF CHARLEY CAN CHANGE THE
LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. CURRENT FORECASTS ARE
EXPECTING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

AREA RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE REGION SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS 
POTENTIAL RAIN EVENT COULD LEAD TO A DANGEROUS FLOODING 
SITUATION. IF ENOUGH RAIN FALLS IN A SHORT ENOUGH TIME SPAN, 
FLOODING COULD OCCUR, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE LOCATIONS THAT ALREADY 
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS.  
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO THE FORECASTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS THAT ARE ISSUED TODAY. 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS 
DEVELOPING SITUATION.

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 IN SMALL LETTERS.

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TFG


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