[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/25/2005 4:48:57 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 250848
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
448 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ060>062-067>071-
251700-
/X.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA
448 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN 
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN 
  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
  SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM IN EAST CENTRAL 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
  PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* A LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL MERGE WITH FAST
  MOVING HURRICANE WILMA, LOCATED ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE
  DELAWARE COAST. THE CENTER OF WILMA IS FORECAST TO STAY WELL
  OFFSHORE AS IT PARALLELS THE EAST COAST. THE COASTAL STORM WILL
  IMPACT OUR REGION WITH RAIN FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME
  AREAS HAVE RECEIVED AN INCH OR A LITTLE MORE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAIN TODAY COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS TO REACH OR EXCEED
  FLOOD STAGE ESPECIALLY THE FLASHY STREAMS. A STORM TOTAL OF 1 TO
  2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY
  THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

THIS OCTOBER HAS BEEN A VERY 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 THIS PAST WEEKEND. WITH THE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY TUESDAY...THERE IS A CONCERN
FOR SOME OF THE QUICKER RESPONDING WATERWAYS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THEREFORE... THE FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY. 
NOW THAT ADDITIONAL LEAVES ARE FALLING 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. AS A REMINDER... NEVER DRIVE ACROSS A ROAD
WHICH IS COVERED BY WATER... AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU
THINK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS... OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

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EBERWINE


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