[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/1/2004 3:39:16 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004

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BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-
MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-SOMERSET NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...NEWARK...PHILADELPHIA...
TRENTON AND WILMINGTON
327 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONTINUED THE

* FLOOD WATCH FOR BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, FOR NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, 
CAMDEN, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET AND MERCER COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY, AND 
FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE.

* VALID THROUGH THIS MORNING.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE THIS MORNING. THE LOW
IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO MAINE BY THIS EVENING. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYSTEM HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH A GOOD
PORTION OF THE MORNING HOURS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED, BUT 
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS ROUND OF RAIN COMES ON 
THE HEELS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL OVER THE WEEKEND, AND 
CAUSED FLOODING ON MANY STREAMS IN NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEAST 
PENNSYLVANIA. SINCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE SAME 
GENERAL AREA, THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS THE GROUND 
REMAINS SATURATED.

A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM THE LOW WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH THE REGION
AROUND NOON. DRIER AIR WILL FOLLOWING THE FRONT FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER FORECASTS OVER THE 24 HOURS OR SO. EVEN 
WITHOUT STREAM FLOODING, THERE MAY BE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 
FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVIER RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND ADDITIONAL 
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.

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