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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1046 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 

800 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 



IN PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHAMPTON                      CHESTER

  CARBON                           MONTGOMERY

  PHILADELPHIA                     BUCKS

  BERKS                            MONROE

  LEHIGH                           DELAWARE



IN NEW JERSEY

  CAMDEN                           SUSSEX

  WARREN                           GLOUCESTER

  BURLINGTON                       MORRIS

  MIDDLESEX                        SOMERSET

  SALEM                            MERCER

  HUNTERDON



IN DELAWARE

  NEW CASTLE



IN MARYLAND

  CECIL



RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A WARM FRONT. 

SOME OF THE RAIN WAS HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...AND SOME FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF 

TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH HAS OCCURRED SO FAR...AND MANY PLACES 

MAY RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. 



A FLASH 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 FLASH

FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



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JWH

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