[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/28/2004 12:16:35 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS61 KPHI 281624
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1220 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
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BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CARBON PA-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHAMPTON PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...
NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...READING...
TRENTON AND WILMINGTON
1220 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN AND WESTERN
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN 
  MARYLAND.

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.

MOIST TROPICAL AIR FROM THE REMNANTS OF ONCE HURRICANE JEANNE HAS
BECOME ENTRENCHED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS
HAVE BEEN OCCURRING MOST OF THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE LEHIGH
VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.
WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY...STREAM FLOODING IS NOW A 
POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ON SMALLER WATERWAYS...SO A FLOOD WATCH HAS 
BEEN ISSUED.

FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS EVENT. IF ENOUGH RAIN 
FALLS, SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RAPIDLY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL 
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN LOW 
LYING AREAS AND IN TOWNS...ALONG WITH SOME BASEMENT FLOODING...IS
ALSO LIKELY.  

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREAMS AND
CREEKS...ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING IN CITIES AND TOWNS. 
FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS IS NOT EXPECTED. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH 
AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE 
INTERESTS ALONG AREA STREAMS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



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JJM


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