[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/21/2004 11:29:50 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 211530
FFAPHI

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-212000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1129 AM EDT SAT AUG 21 2004

..FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE 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 A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS
OVER THE WATCH AREA. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE SAME
GENERAL AREA AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. SOME SMALLER BASINS HAVE SEEN RAINFALL TOTALS
APPROACHING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES AND THERE MAY BE FLOOD
WARNINGS ISSUED IF MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVES OVER THESE PARTICULAR 
AREAS.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND 
THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO LIGHTER SHOWERS.

REMEMBER, 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. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS FOR ANY
REASON.

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

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EBERWINE

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