[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/23/2004 3:38:01 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING ATLANTIC COASTAL COUNTIES AND MAINTAINS A FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE FOLLOWING INLAND COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...EASTERN
  MONMOUTH...CAPE MAY...COASTAL OCEAN...ATLANTIC...SALEM...
  CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...OCEAN...GLOUCESTER...COASTAL ATLANTIC...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

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

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

A COLD FRONT FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK INTO WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST AND REACH THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY NIGHT.  THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH VERY
HUMID AIR OVER THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION TO GENERATE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN THROUGH SATURDAY.  TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO
THREE INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.  

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR 
DRAINAGE AND ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS.  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.  ALONG THE COAST, ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURS
AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE WOULD EXACERBATE FLOODING. 

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT 
IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.  REMEMBER, DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER 
MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.  FLOOD WATERS CAN BE PARTICULARLY
DECEPTIVE AT NIGHT. 

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