[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 4/7/2005 4:59:37 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 AM EDT THU APR 7 2005

...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT TONIGHT UNTIL 400
PM EDT FRIDAY. 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.

WET WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS
LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE
EAST. MEANWHILE, A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BE APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. BOTH WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY.

AT THIS TIME, RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE
A THUNDERSTORM. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE RENEWED FLOODING IN SOME AREAS, WITH THE MORE VULNERABLE 
WATERWAYS WITH THIS EVENT BEING THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. 

THE DELAWARE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RESPOND ONCE AGAIN AS A RESULT OF 
THIS NEW RAINFALL. HOWEVER, WATER LEVELS WHICH WERE REACHED EARLIER 
THIS WEEK ARE NOT EXPECTED AS FORECAST RAIN AMOUNTS ARE LESS THAN
THEY WERE THIS PAST WEEKEND. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH 
RESPECT TO THE EXACT PLACEMENT AND AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WITH THIS 
SYSTEM. 

THERE IS ENOUGH OF A CONCERN FOR SOME RENEWED SMALL STREAM AND CREEK 
FLOODING, THAT A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THE STREAMS, CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WATCH AREA, KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. 

AGAIN, THE EXTENT OF ANY FLOODING WITH THIS UPCOMING EVENT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE AS GREAT AS WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA, ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA 
OUTLET, FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE.


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