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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET AND MERCER.

IN DELAWARE...
  NEW CASTLE.

IN MARYLAND...
  CECIL.

A MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE 
TROPICAL STORM HENRI. THIS IS TRANSLATING INTO AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. 
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, AN ACTIVE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC TONIGHT INDUCING MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.

THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD FRONT AND A TROPICAL AIRMASS OUT AHEAD 
OF IT COULD EASILY YIELD ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE TWO TO 
FOUR INCH RANGE BY MORNING. A FEW RAIN GAGES ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA ALREADY SHOW THIS TREND AND FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN 
REPORTED. 

WITH MANY LOCALES SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WHICH FELL THE 
LAST THREE DAYS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH THROUGH 500 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE 
TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION 
SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR...OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS 
ISSUED. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER 
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE 
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE 
ISSUED.

IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 
DO NOT DRIVE INTO OR THROUGH WATER AS THE WATER CAN BE DEEPER THAN 
YOU THINK. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP 
AROUND FLOODED AREAS. 

ONCE AGAIN...THE COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP OFF THE 
COAST LATE TONIGHT ENDING THE THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR 
FURTHER UPDATES.

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FOR COMPLETE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (IN LOWERCASE LETTERS).

KRUZDLO