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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1005 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001





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

THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...



IN PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHAMPTON                      CHESTER

  MONTGOMERY                       PHILADELPHIA

  BUCKS                            BERKS

  LEHIGH                           DELAWARE



IN NEW JERSEY

  CAMDEN                           OCEAN

  GLOUCESTER                       WESTERN MONMOUTH

  COASTAL OCEAN                    EASTERN MONMOUTH

  ATLANTIC                         CAPE MAY

  CUMBERLAND                       BURLINGTON

  ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY        MIDDLESEX

  COASTAL ATLANTIC                 SOMERSET

  SALEM                            MERCER

  HUNTERDON



IN DELAWARE

  DELAWARE BEACHES                 INLAND SUSSEX

  NEW CASTLE                       KENT



IN MARYLAND

  CECIL                            KENT

  TALBOT                           QUEEN ANNES

  CAROLINE





A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM...AN APPROACHING DISTURBANCE FROM THE OHIO 

VALLEY...AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF 

TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOWER 80S THIS AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. ALL OF THESE INGREDIENTS WILL POSE A 

THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORRENTIAL RAINS...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES 

TO FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OVER SEVEN 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE.



THIS WILL NOT BE A WIDESPREAD TORRENTIAL RAIN EVENT. ONCE THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW MOVING...AND 

MAY PRODUCE UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS IS ENOUGH 

RAIN TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS 

URBAN FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY AT RISK 

ARE THOSE WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS DURING 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY.  



THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...BUT 

SHOULD PEAK DURING THIS EVENING.



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

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ALONG 

CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY IF HEAVY 

RAIN OCCURS. BE READY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD AT A 

BRIDGE...DIP OR LOW SPOT...OR IS FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD...STOP AND 

TURN AROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR ADDITIONAL 

WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI 

(IN LOWER CASE).



$$

TFG

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