[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/14/2004 4:48:19 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING 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.

AT 430 PM SATURDAY, RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY
STRETCHED ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 30 MPH. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS AS TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY MOVES NORTH TO LONG
ISLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN
THE WATCH AREA DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS, WITH THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR. WITH ANTECEDENT MOISTURE
CONDITIONS ALREADY HIGH FROM PREVIOUS RAINS, FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS REMAINS A POSSIBILITY. HENCE THE FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

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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