[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/16/2004 2:48:11 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
248 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...EASTERN
  MONMOUTH...SALEM...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...WESTERN MONMOUTH...
  MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD FROM IVAN WILL COMBINE WITH A
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO BRING THE
THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS TO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
FRIDAY MORNING.  THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND FRIDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON
OVER THE WATCH AREA AND COULD EXCEED THREE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. 
DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE RAIN FALLS...THESE AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
BE ENOUGH CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
TAPER OFF BY MID MORNING ON SATURDAY.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. 

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ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

AMC
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