[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/28/2006 5:17:39 AM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
516 AM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY...

.VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MORE ON THE
WAY TUESDAY.

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SUSSEX-WARREN-HUNTERDON-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...FLEMINGTON...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
516 AM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA 
  AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
  IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN 
  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND NORTHWESTERN 
  BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND 
  NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* A LOW PRESSURE MOVED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT
  BRINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO SOME AREAS AND MAKING MANY ROADS
  IMPASSABLE THIS MORNING. SOME RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED A FOUR TO
  SIX INCH SWATH OF RAIN FROM BERKS COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST NEW
  JERSEY...AND A SECOND AREA FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO THE SHORE.
  IN ADDITION...FOUR TO FIVE INCHES FELL IN UPSTATE NEW JERSEY.
 
* SINCE THE REGION HAS BEEN DRY THE PAST THREE WEEKS, THE HEAVY
  RAINS FLOODED STREET AND HIGHWAYS, BUT DID NOT CAUSE ANY
  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON THE AREAS STREAMS. HOWEVER...ANOTHER
  ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
  EVENING AND THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS RECEIVING THREE TO FOUR
  INCHES. IF THIS MUCH RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS THE
  RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE THEM TO
  FLOOD.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS
AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR
ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF
YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS.
KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED
OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING, AND
NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.


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