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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

400 PM EST WED MAR 21 2001



...THE 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 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 THE VIRGINIA CAPES LATE THIS AFTERNOON 

WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. 

THE CENTER OF THIS NOREASTER WILL BE EAST OF CAPE MAY NJ THURSDAY 

MORNING AND NEAR CAPE COD BY THURSDAY EVENING. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING OVER THE 

NORTHERN DELMARVA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. OVER THE 

REMAINDER OF NEW JERSEY...AND OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS.   



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 TONIGHT. 

COASTAL AREAS COULD ALSO SEE ROADWAY AND LOW LYING AREA FLOODING 

THIS EVENING...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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