[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/16/2004 9:56:18 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 170201
FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1000 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES 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 THE REMNANTS OF IVAN WILL 
COMBINE WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST 
TO BRING A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION 
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 BETWEEN ONE AND 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 AT LEAST LOCALIZED FLOODING. MOTORISTS 
SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND FLOODING OF 
LOW-LYING AND POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. 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 IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. IF A WARNING 
IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
NEVER DRIVE VEHICLES AROUND BARRICADED ROADS.

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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