[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/24/2004 4:46:00 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
440 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2004

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TODAY...

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 SOUTHWEST FROM NEW ENGLAND ACROSS NEW JERSEY, 
DELAWARE AND MARYLAND EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE 
TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

ON FRIDAY, RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE REGION GENERALLY RANGED FROM A 
HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES, WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE OCEAN. 
MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN. 
THERE WERE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, UP TO FIVE OR 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 TODAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND 
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

WHILE MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN 
TODAY, LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

THE HEAVY RAIN MAY 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.

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