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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

430 AM EST WED MAR 21 2001





...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THROUGH 

TONIGHT...



THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR 

 



IN PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHAMPTON                      CHESTER

  CARBON                           MONTGOMERY

  PHILADELPHIA                     BUCKS

  BERKS                            MONROE

  LEHIGH                           DELAWARE



IN NEW JERSEY

  CAMDEN                           SUSSEX

  OCEAN                            WARREN

  GLOUCESTER                       MONMOUTH

  ATLANTIC                         CAPE MAY

  CUMBERLAND                       BURLINGTON

  MORRIS                           SALEM

  MIDDLESEX                        HUNTERDON

  SOMERSET                         MERCER 

 



IN DELAWARE

  SUSSEX                           KENT

  NEW CASTLE                       



IN MARYLAND

  CECIL                            KENT

  TALBOT                           QUEEN ANNES

  CAROLINE



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL SLOWLY

INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE 

CENTER OF THIS DEVELOPING NORTHEASTER WILL BE NEAR THE VIRGINIA 

CAPES THIS EVENING...EAST OF CAPE MAY THURSDAY MORNING AND

NEAR CAPE COD BY THURSDAY EVENING. 



RAIN WAS SPREADING NORTH INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND 

SHOULD REACH THE NEW YORK STATE BORDER BY MID MORNING. SOME LIGHT

SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AT THE 

START. AN INCH OR TWO MIGHT ACCUMULATE BEFORE BEING WASHED AWAY BY 

THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE DELMARVA REGION 

LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...NORTHERN 

PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 

AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY MIGHT BE HEAVY ENOUGH OVER 

THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TO CHANGE 

THE RAIN BACK TO SNOW DURING THE HEAVIER BURSTS TONIGHT.



STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES ARE STILL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. IF THE HIGH 

END OF THESE ESTIMATES WERE TO OCCUR...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS 

IS POSSIBLE.  MANY RIVERS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...AND THERE WILL 

BE THE ADDED RUNOFF IN THE POCONOS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW 

JERSEY FROM SNOWMELT.



POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS LIKELY AND WILL HAMPER TRAVEL LATER TODAY 

AND TONIGHT. COASTAL AREAS COULD ALSO SEE ROADWAY AND LOW LYING AREA 

FLOODING LATE TODAY...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.



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