[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/8/2004 3:41:03 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
343 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE AREAS
OF CECIL...SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...CHESTER...
MONTGOMERY...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CARBON...BUCKS AND
MONROE. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING.

THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA 
TONIGHT AND THEN INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY MORNING. THE 
HEAVIEST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN 
CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE STORM...HOWEVER...PERIODS OF INTENSE 
RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH 
OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TONIGHT AND 
THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE 
AREAS WHERE RAINFALL TOTALS MAY APPROACH FOUR INCHES BY LATE 
THURSDAY. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY IN PARTS OF EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MAY 
CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. 

REMEMBER, A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD 
WARNING BE ISSUED. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS FOR ANY 
REASON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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