[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/22/2004 2:53:47 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
245 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH VALID THROUGH SATURDAY 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...CAPE MAY...
  ATLANTIC...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...OCEAN...GLOUCESTER...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  KENT...INLAND SUSSEX AND NEW CASTLE.

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


THE COMBINATION OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES
REGION AND AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE OFF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST
WILL SET UP A MOIST, UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY FLOW FOR TONIGHT INTO THE
WEEKEND. ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW
MOVING AND CAPABLE OF DROPPING SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.

THE POCONO MOUNTAIN AREA, ALONG WITH BERKS AND CHESTER COUNTIES, 
WILL SEE THE RAIN FIRST. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE STALLING. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND
HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON
FRIDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMMON IN THE 
REGION, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR 
DRAINAGE AND ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. SOME WATERWAYS THAT ARE OF 
PARTICULAR CONCERN INCLUDE THE CHRISTINA RIVER, WHITE CLAY CREEK, 
RED CLAY CREEK, BRANDYWINE CREEK, CHESTER CREEK, NESHAMINY CREEK, 
ASSUNPINK CREEK, RANCOCAS CREEK AND THE COOPER RIVER.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER FORECAST AND TO OTHER WEATHER RELATED 
INFORMATION UNTIL THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS ENDED.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED TOMORROW INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE
PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. REMEMBER, DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOOD WATERS AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE 
WARNINGS.

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CORRECTED TO ADD THE TIMING OF THE WATCH IN THE HEADLINE



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