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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

330 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH 

THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN PENNSYLVANIA

  DELAWARE                         PHILADELPHIA

  CHESTER                          MONTGOMERY

  BERKS                            LEHIGH

  NORTHAMPTON                      CARBON

  BUCKS                            MONROE



IN NEW JERSEY

  SUSSEX                           WARREN

  MORRIS                           HUNTERDON

  SOMERSET                         SALEM

  CAMDEN                           GLOUCESTER

  WESTERN MONMOUTH                 MERCER

  MIDDLESEX                        NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON



IN DELAWARE

  NEW CASTLE



IN MARYLAND

  CECIL



HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE REGION TONIGHT 

SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT TO INITIATE SHOWERS 

AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOIST AIRMASS MAY SUPPORT HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

COULD BE NEAR FOUR INCHES OR MORE IN ISOLATED AREAS. THIS WOULD BE 

MORE THAN ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLER FLASHIER STREAMS SUCH 

AS THE ASSUNPINK CREEK...VALLEY CREEK AND THE CHRISTINA RIVER. IF 

THE HEAVIER RAIN FALLS ACROSS A LARGER AREA...SOME OF THE LARGER 

CREEKS COULD ALSO FLOOD. THE RECENT DRY WEATHER SHOULD PREVENT 

MAIN STEM RIVERS FROM REACHING FLOOD STAGES.



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...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 

UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET 

AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.



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