[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/28/2005 11:19:46 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...DOVER...
NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...READING...
TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
1045 AM EST MON MAR 28 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 STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS 
MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND BE ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC 
COAST TONIGHT, BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE INITIAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION OVERSPREAD THE REGION LAST NIGHT
GIVING MANY LOCATIONS .50 INCHES TO .75 INCHES OF RAINFALL

MORE RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING, 
AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE AT A 
MODERATE TO HEAVY PACE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THERE COULD EVEN BE SOME 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS 
AFTERNOON. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY EARLY TONIGHT.

BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS TUESDAY MORNING, BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 
INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST TO OCCUR. 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. HEAVY RAIN PLUS SOME 
RESIDUAL SNOWMELT OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA MAY PRODUCE RISES 
TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE ON STREAMS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY 
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG 
THE PASSAIC, ROCKAWAY, RAMAPO, AND MILLSTONE RIVERS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO WEATHER FORECASTS THROUGH TUESDAY. 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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