Flash Flood in New Jersey, August 4, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
258 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001

WEAK FNT/TROF LIES ACRS NE PA BACK TO ABT S CNTRL PA.  FNT SHUD CONT
TO SLOWLY MOV TWD THE SE BUT SHUD EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE LT TNGT OR
SUN. MEANWHILE...H5 TROF/UP LOW JUST E OF TIDEWATER VA AREA SHUD MOV
SLOWLY TWD THE NE THRU SUN. FA WL BE ON NRN FLO OF RETREATING TROF
INTO NEW ENGLAND. MSTR SHUD HAVE DRIED UP AND DON'T REALLY EXPECT
ANY PRECIP ON SUN.  WON'T BE SURPRISED IF SOME CNVCTN POPS UP IN SRN
AREAS...BUT WL LEAVE OUT FOR NOW.  BY LATER SUN...H5 RDG FROM W
BEGINS TO BLD INTO AREA AND SOME ABV NRM TEMPS AND HUMIDITY XPCTD
FOR NXT WEEK.  ALL QUIET ON THE MARINE.

FCSTID = 14
MPO   63  83  66  86 /  40  10   0   0
ABE   66  87  68  89 /  40  10   0   0
RDG   66  87  68  89 /  40  10   0   0
PHL   70  89  72  92 /  50  10   0   0
12N   63  85  66  87 /  40  10   0   0
SMQ   68  88  70  90 /  50  10   0   0
TTN   67  87  67  90 /  50  10   0   0
MIV   67  86  69  89 /  50  10   0  10
ACY   67  85  69  80 /  50  10   0  10
ILG   67  87  67  90 /  50  10   0   0
DOV   69  87  71  90 /  50  10  10  10
GED   69  87  71  90 /  50  10  10  10
ESN   6M9  87  71  90 /  50  10  10  10

.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

JWH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
456 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001

...VERY HEAVY RAIN...

AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY THROUGH NORTHERN
HUNTERDON...AND NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY. THE
RAIN WILL FALL AT A RATE OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR IN SOME SECTIONS
OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND CAUSE FLOODING OVER PARTS OF HIGHWAY 78.

THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND INTO THE REMAINDER
OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...AND MAY REACH INTO MERCER
COUNTIES.

SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO SHOW RISES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO CROSS HIGHWAYS THAT ARE
FLOODED.
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EBERWINE