[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/8/2004 10:33:59 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1028 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CARBON...
  BUCKS AND MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS AND HUNTERDON.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES WILL MOVE 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 AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY. 

ON AVERAGE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
EXTREME NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY...EXTREME NORTHWEST BUCKS
COUNTY...MOST OF NORTHAMPTON AND MONROE COUNTIES AND ADJOINING AREAS
OF WARREN...HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. THERE IS THE 
POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITH SOME
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

THE REMAINING HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN TWO SHOTS. THE FIRST
WILL BE FROM THE ONGOING HEAVY RAIN IN THE WESTERN SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
AS IT MOVES EAST LATER TONIGHT. THE SECOND WOULD OCCUR IF A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD
FRONT APPROACHES.

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.
 
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.
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