[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/30/2004 3:56:37 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 AM EST TUE NOV 30 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
330 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* VALID LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.


A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY.
THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST REACHING SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE FORECAST, BUT
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS RAIN COMES ON THE HEELS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL LAST WEEKEND AND CAUSED FLOODING
ON MANY STREAMS IN NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
SINCE THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL IN THE SAME AREA, A FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED.

A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM THE LOW WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH THE REGION
EARLY AFTERNOON. DRY AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
EVEN WITHOUT STREAM FLOODING, THERE MAY BE SOME URBAN AND POOR 
DRAINAGE FLOODING, AS WELL AS FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS DURING 
TIMES OF HEAVIER RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR THE SITUATION AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS
NEEDED.

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RNS


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