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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1045 AM EST WED MAR 21 2001



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

THROUGH TONIGHT...



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 

  BURLINGTON                       MORRIS

  MIDDLESEX                        SOMERSET

  SALEM                            MERCER 

  HUNTERDON



IN DELAWARE

  NEW CASTLE 



IN MARYLAND

  CECIL                            





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

UNTIL 900 PM EST THIS EVENING...



IN NEW JERSEY

  ATLANTIC                         CAPE MAY

  CUMBERLAND                       ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY

  COASTAL ATLANTIC 



IN DELAWARE

  DELAWARE BEACHES                 INLAND SUSSEX

  KENT



IN MARYLAND

  KENT                             TALBOT

  QUEEN ANNES                     CAROLINE



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AT MIDDAY 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. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE DELMARVA REGION 

THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 

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

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.



PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF 

THE DELMARVA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. ELSEWHERE...THE 

HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE 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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