[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/21/2004 2:15:00 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 210615
FFAPHI

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-211800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
214 AM EDT SAT AUG 21 2004

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CARBON AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX AND WARREN.


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES FELL OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN POCONOS THE LEHIGH VALLEY
AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
CONTAINING DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION INTO EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. IF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME
AREAS THAT ALREADY HAD THE HEAVY RAINFALL, FLOODING AND FLASH
FLOODING COULD DEVELOP.

THEREFORE, A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
ALLOWING ANY HEAVY RAINS THAT DEVELOP TO END.

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.

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