[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 07/07/2005 05:56:55

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WGUS61 KPHI 070954
FFAPHI
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060>062-067>071-072100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
550 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
 
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE 
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, ALL OF DELAWARE, NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE 
SOUTHERN POCONOS SOUTH THROUGH THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN 
AREA. 

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN NEW JERSEY...
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...ATLANTIC...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL
ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...
GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...
SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH.

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

IN MARYLAND...
CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNE'S AND TALBOT.

IN DELAWARE...
DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...
BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...
PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON.

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH OR 
CLOSE TO OUR AREA ON FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM 
IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT AND 
WOULD AFFECT THE AREA THE HARDEST DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON 
FRIDAY. ALONG THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION, THE LIKELIHOOD 
EXISTS FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS EVENT WITH SOME LOCALLY 
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

ESPECIALLY IF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS TO FALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD 
OF TIME AND OVER REGIONS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING, 
SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND EVEN SOME OF THE 
LARGER RIVERS IN THE REGION WOULD BE POSSIBLE. EVEN WITHOUT STREAM 
FLOODING, THERE WILL BE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING THAT MAY VERY WELL 
IMPACT THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY.
 
THE FUTURE PATH OF THE STORM WILL BE CRITICAL, IN SO FAR AS, WHERE 
THE GREATEST RAINFALL MAY ACCUMULATE. WHEN WE ARE FOLLOWING THE 
STORM, REMEMBER, WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF 
THE TRACK AT THIS JUNCTURE. YESTERDAY, IT APPEARED THAT THE AXIS OF 
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WOULD FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE 
DELMARVA REGION. NEW DATA THIS MORNING NOW SUGGESTS THAT THE 
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER EASTER PENNSYLVANIA AND 
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THE STREAMS, CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD 
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
WATCH AREA, KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER, AT THIS POINT, 
THIS IS ONLY A FLOOD WATCH AND THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THE 
TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE, FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PHI

KRUZDLO

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