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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

905 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT 

AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN PENNSYLVANIA...



BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE... 

MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON...AND PHILADELPHIA.



IN NEW JERSEY...



ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND... 

GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...MORRIS...

OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX...AND WARREN.

                         

IN DELAWARE...



NEW CASTLE.



IN MARYLAND...



CECIL.



LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING WILL INTENSIFY AS IT 

MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. RAIN HAS OVERSPREAD THE 

REGION THIS EVENING. EVEN SOME WET SNOW IS FALLING OVER THE HIGHER 

TERRAIN OF THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST BAND 

OF RAIN THIS EVENING WAS CURRENTLY OVER LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. 

IT WILL REACH THE PHILADELPHIA AREA CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT AND NORTHERN 

NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA BY 3 AM. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST 

PRECIPITATION WILL BE OVER BY 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING. RUNOFF PROBLEMS 

AND POSSIBLE FLOODING COULD LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND 

POSSIBLY EVEN LATER IN THE PASSAIC BASIN. 



RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCAL 

AMOUNTS NEAR 2.5 INCHES. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ROAD AND POOR 

DRAINAGE FLOODING THAT NORMALLY OCCURS WITH THESE TYPES OF RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...AREA STREAMS ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINS LAST WEEK...AND SOILS LIKEWISE WILL NOT TOLERATE 

MUCH RAIN BEFORE SHEDDING THE EXCESS. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER

DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN 

THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING OCCUR...OR A FLOOD 

WARNING IS ISSUED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF WATER RISES 

IN YOUR AREA. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. AT NIGHT IT IS 

DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE WATER/S DEPTH ON ROADWAYS. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RADIO AND 

TELEVISION 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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