[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/31/2005 3:32:15 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
252 PM EST THU MAR 31 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SUNDAY MORNING...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH EFFECTIVE 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.

LOW PRESSURE IS WILL ORGANIZE OVER THE GULF COAST REGION 
TONIGHT, THEN MOVE INTO THE CAROLINAS BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE LOW, 
WHICH WILL LIKELY CARRY AN ABUNDANCE OF GULF MOISTURE WITH IT, IS 
THEN FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD OUR AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND 
SATURDAY MORNING. IT SHOULD SLOWLY LIFT AWAY FROM THE REGION LATE 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT 
OF THE SYSTEM, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY
RAIN.  ALSO, SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
ENHANCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
SATURDAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT 
INTO SATURDAY OVER AT LEAST PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, 
NORTHERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, NORTHERN DELAWARE AND 
FAR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THOSE 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.  

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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MPD/O'HARA