[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/14/2004 9:23:40 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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


...FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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...AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

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

TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY HAS TRACKED A LITTLE FURTHER EASTWARD TOWARD
THE ATLANTIC COAST AND HAS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN.  ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE
AREA WILL SEE SOME RAINFALL...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
UNDER ONE INCH.  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED AND THE
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE LISTED COUNTIES.


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

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...EASTERN MONMOUTH...CAPE MAY...
  COASTAL OCEAN...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND...OCEAN...COASTAL 
  ATLANTIC...WESTERN MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX...AND SOUTHEASTERN
  BURLINGTON.

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

RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY STRETCHED ALONG THE 
EASTERN SEABOARD FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO CENTRAL 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 THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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. 

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ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

SZATKOWSKI

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