[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/23/2004 9:51:13 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  CAPE MAY...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MONMOUTH...OCEAN...
  ATLANTIC...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
  MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND BURLINGTON.

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

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

A COLD FRONT EXTENDED ALONG THE APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING.  THE 
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND IT WILL 
CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, 
NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

UP UNTIL THIS EVENING, RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED GENERALLY FROM A 
HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES, WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE OCEAN. 
MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY HAS RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.  
THERE WERE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, FIVE TO SIX INCHES, IN 
NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY.

WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE 
AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL 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 
PASSED.

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.

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IOVINO



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