[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 4/1/2005 5:09:20 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
435 AM EST FRI APR 1 2005

...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING.
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

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

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

IN MARYLAND...
CECIL AND KENT.

IN DELAWARE...
NEW CASTLE.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...NEW
BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON
AND WILMINGTON.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST STATES EARLY THIS MORNING 
WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD OUR REGION.  MOISTURE IS 
PLENTIFUL WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM AND IT WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY 
RAIN...STARTING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY INTO 
EARLY SUNDAY.  THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY PULL AWAY TO THE 
NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT 
INTO SATURDAY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHERN, 
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, NORTHERN DELAWARE AND FAR 
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.  ALSO, SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
ENHANCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
SATURDAY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 
MANY OF THE AREA'S STREAMS, WITH SOME STREAMS NOT HAVING MUCH TIME 
TO RECOVER FROM LAST MONDAY'S RAINS BEFORE RISING AGAIN. MAJOR RIVER 
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THOSE RIVER BASINS WHERE THE HEAVIEST 
RAINFALL OCCURS.   

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO SUBSEQUENT WEATHER FORECASTS. IN ADDITION TO STREAM 
FLOODING, THERE MAY WELL BE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING DURING 
TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL 
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION, AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND 
WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.

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