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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

345 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.



AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN 

APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON.  THE RAIN WILL SPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST 

AND IT SHOULD REACH NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN 

PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY LATE TONIGHT.



HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED IN OUR REGION ON THURSDAY MORNING AND IT MAY 

CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES.



THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE REGION 

THIS MORNING.  THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED ON 

THURSDAY MAY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN AREAS OF 

POOR DRAINAGE.  AS A RESULT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED 

AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY 

AFTERNOON.  THE ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, BUCKS, MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE 

AND PHILADELPHIA.



IN NEW JERSEY, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MERCER, MONMOUTH, 

OCEAN, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER AND SALEM.



IN DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE.



IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, CECIL. 



IF YOU LIVE ALONG A CREEK, A STREAM OR IN AN AREA OF POOR DRAINAGE 

BE SURE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. BE 

READY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA AND 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



REMEMBER, DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER 

THAN YOU THINK IT IS.



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