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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

831 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001





...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR 

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHAMPTON                      CHESTER

  CARBON                           MONTGOMERY

  PHILADELPHIA                     BUCKS

  BERKS                            MONROE

  LEHIGH                           DELAWARE



IN NEW JERSEY

  CAMDEN                           SUSSEX

  OCEAN                            WARREN

  GLOUCESTER                       WESTERN MONMOUTH

  COASTAL OCEAN                    EASTERN MONMOUTH

  ATLANTIC                         CAPE MAY

  CUMBERLAND                       BURLINGTON

  MORRIS                           ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY

  MIDDLESEX                        COASTAL ATLANTIC

  SOMERSET                         SALEM

  MERCER                           HUNTERDON



IN DELAWARE

  DELAWARE BEACHES                 INLAND SUSSEX

  NEW CASTLE                       KENT



IN MARYLAND

  CECIL                            KENT

  TALBOT                           QUEEN ANNES

  CAROLINE



LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST THIS EVENING WILL 

INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE 

CENTER OF THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE NEAR THE VIRGINIA 

CAPES WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY HEAD NORTHEAST TOWARD CAPE COD 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.



RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. ACROSS THE POCONOS AND 

EXTREME NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...THE RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT 

THE BEGINNING...BUT ANY SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH.



THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING...WITH POSSIBLE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES.  SHOULD 

THAT MUCH RAIN FALL...FLOODING OF RIVERS AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE.  

MANY RIVERS WERE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...AND THERE WILL BE THE ADDED 

RUNOFF IN THE POCONOS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY FROM 

SNOWMELT.



EVEN THE COASTAL AREAS COULD SEE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING 

AREAS LATE WEDNESDAY...BETWEEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND 

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA THE INTERNET. OUR 

OFFICE WEB SITE IS AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.



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DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-PAZ054-055-

060>062-067>071-211000-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

831 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001





...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR 

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN PENNSYLVANIA...

NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...CARBON...MONTGOMERY...PHILADELPHIA...        

BUCKS...BERKS...MONROE...LEHIGH...AND DELAWARE.



IN NEW JERSEY...

CAMDEN...SUSSEX...OCEAN...WARREN...GLOUCESTER...WESTERN MONMOUTH...

COASTAL OCEAN...EASTERN MONMOUTH...ATLANTIC...

CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND...BURLINGTON...MORRIS...

ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...MIDDLESEX...COASTAL ATLANTIC...   

SOMERSET...SALEM...MERCER...AND HUNTERDON



IN DELAWARE...

SUSSEX...NEW CASTLE...AND KENT



IN MARYLAND...

CECIL...KENT...TALBOT...QUEEN ANNES AND CAROLINE



LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST THIS EVENING WILL 

INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE 

CENTER OF THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE NEAR THE VIRGINIA 

CAPES WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY HEAD NORTHEAST TOWARD CAPE COD 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.



RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. ACROSS THE POCONOS AND 

EXTREME NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...THE RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT 

THE BEGINNING...BUT ANY SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH.



THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING...WITH POSSIBLE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES.  SHOULD 

THAT MUCH RAIN FALL...FLOODING OF RIVERS AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE.  

MANY RIVERS WERE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...AND THERE WILL BE THE ADDED 

RUNOFF IN THE POCONOS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY FROM 

SNOWMELT.



EVEN THE COASTAL AREAS COULD SEE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING 

AREAS LATE WEDNESDAY...BETWEEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND 

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA THE INTERNET. OUR 

OFFICE WEB SITE IS AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.



$$



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