[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/30/2004 3:44:24 PM

PHI Skywarn phi.skywarn at noaa.gov
Tue Nov 30 15:44:25 EST 2004


WGUS61 KPHI 302033
FFAPHI

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

DEZ001-NJZ009-010-015-018-019-PAZ067>071-011000-
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 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONTINUED THE

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

* VALID LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED, BUT 
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS ROUND OF RAIN COMES ON 
THE HEELS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL OVER THE WEEKEND, AND 
CAUSED FLOODING ON MANY STREAMS IN NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEAST 
PENNSYLVANIA. SINCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE SAME 
GENERAL AREA, THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS THE GROUND 
REMAINS SATURATED.

A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM THE LOW WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH THE REGION
EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WITH DRIER AIR FOLLOWING THE FRONT.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER FORECASTS OVER THE 24 HOURS OR SO. EVEN 
WITHOUT STREAM FLOODING, THERE MAY BE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 
FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVIER RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND ADDITIONAL 
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.

$$

GORSE
WWWW



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