[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/18/2004 5:33:32 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
523 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004

...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

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.

AS OF EARLY THIS SATURDAY MORNING, RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR
INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN POCONOS, THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND
FAR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, AND SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS
ALREADY OCCURRING. FURTHER SOUTHEAST, FROM THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF NEW
YORK CITY THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF PHILADELPHIA,
LESSER AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS HAD FALLEN.

SINCE AT LEAST PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING, AND SINCE HEAVY RAIN STILL CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE IN
THE WATCH AREA, THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN MAINTAINED UNTIL NOON. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS,
AND SLOW DOWN ACCORDINGLY. THE RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF ENOUGH RAIN FALLS IN A SHORT
ENOUGH TIME PERIOD, FLOODING OF THE SMALLER WATERCOURSES MAY OCCUR.
THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING
THE DAY.  

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 BARRICADES.

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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