[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/27/2005 2:51:25 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
216 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005

.HEAVY RAIN MOVING TOWARD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

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ATLANTIC NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-
CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-
LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD-WARREN NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...DOVER...
NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...READING...
TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
216 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ IS CONTINUING THE

* FLOOD WATCH FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, MOST OF NEW JERSEY, ALL OF 
  DELAWARE EXCEPT THE DELAWARE BEACHES, AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

* UNTIL 600 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY MONDAY EVENING. 
PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD 
THE AREA THIS EVENING, THEN CONTINUE, HEAVY AT TIMES, DURING THE 
LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND DURING THE DAY MONDAY. BY THE TIME 
PRECIPITATION ENDS TUESDAY MORNING, UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS 
ANTICIPATED IN SOME LOCATIONS. SMALL STREAMS SUCH AS THE CHRISTINA 
RIVER, THE WHITE CLAY CREEK, AND THE RED CLAY CREEK ARE MOST 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING DURING THIS EVENT, AS ARE THE LARGER 
TRIBUTARY STREAMS WHICH FEED INTO THE MAIN STEM RIVERS, SUCH AS THE 
NESHAMINY CREEK, THE PERKIOMEN CREEK, THE ASSUNPINK CREEK, THE 
MONOCACY CREEK, AND THE BROADHEAD CREEK. THE MELTING SNOWPACK IN THE 
SOUTHERN POCONOS COULD MAKE FLOODING THERE MORE LIKELY ONCE THE 
RAIN BEGINS TO FALL.

AS THE LOW TRACKS OVER THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THERE
IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO WEATHER FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EVEN 
WITHOUT STREAM FLOODING, THERE MAY BE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 
FLOODING DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND 
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.

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