[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/23/2005 6:08:32 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 231925
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
325 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

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NEW CASTLE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
325 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
  AND WESTERN NEW JERSEY, AND NORTHERN DELAWARE

* FROM MONDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING OUR REGION FROM THE WEST OVER THE NEXT 
DAY OR TWO, WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE REMNANTS OF WILMA WHICH IS 
CURRENTLY FORECAST TO TRACK EAST OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST DURING 
TUESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF WILMA WILL BE ACCELERATING TO THE NORTH AND 
NORTHEAST DURING TUESDAY AS SOME INTERACTION WITH THE STORM SYSTEM 
ARRIVING FROM THE WEST TAKES PLACE. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO 
POINT OUT THAT THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW THE TWO 
WEATHER SYSTEMS INTERACT DURING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. 

THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS ARE FOR PERIODS OF RAIN TO DEVELOP DURING 
MONDAY AND CONTINUE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS THE 
POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE RAIN TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES, MAINLY 
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 
IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED FOR THIS UPCOMING EVENT, WITH MOST OF THE 
RAIN PROBABLY OCCURRING MONDAY NIGHT.

* THIS OCTOBER HAS BEEN A WET MONTH, WITH IT BEING THE WETTEST 
OCTOBER ON RECORD FOR SEVERAL AREAS. SOME OF THE AREA WATERWAYS 
CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH GIVEN THE RAINFALL THIS MONTH, AND SOME HEAVY 
RAIN AS RECENT AS JUST YESTERDAY. WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
EXPECTED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY, THERE IS A CONCERN FOR SOME OF THE 
QUICKER RESPONDING WATERWAYS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 
NEW JERSEY. THEREFORE, A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

AS WITH ANY POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN, AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND
STREET FLOODING IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES
OF GREATER RAINFALL RATES. NOW THAT MORE LEAVES ARE STARTING TO
FALL FROM THE TREES, BE AWARE THAT WET LEAVES THAT REMAIN ON THE
ROAD WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. FALLEN LEAVES THAT HAVE
COLLECTED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROADS, MAY BLOCK SOME OF THE STORM
DRAINS, RESULTING IN SOME INCREASED PONDING OF WATER ON SOME
ROADS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. 
CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE 
INTERESTS ALONG RIVERS OR STREAMS IN THE AREA. KEEP INFORMED, AND BE 
READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS 
ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA 
OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

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GORSE/GIGI