[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/28/2006 3:57:30 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 281956
FFAPHI

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


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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE
356 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 
  AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL 
  IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MIDDLESEX...MORRIS AND SOMERSET IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SALEM.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND 
  SUNDAY NIGHT BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN TO SOME AREAS.
  RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS REACHED UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES.
  ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
  EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY.

* MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
  BASINWIDE AVERAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE INCH. LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS MIGHT REACH FOUR INCHES. IF THIS RAIN FALLS ON LOCATIONS
  WHICH HAD THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN, RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND
  CREEKS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE THEM TO FLOOD. EVEN LOCATIONS THAT
  HAVE NOT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE IF SUCCESSIVE
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
  MOST OF THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITHIN
  BANKFUL.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COND[ÿTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS THE WATC AREA, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND 
CREEKS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS 
REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE 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.


$$

NJZ001-007-009-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-290930-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0004.060829T1000Z-060830T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
356 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND 
  SUNDAY NIGHT BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN TO SOME AREAS.
  RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS REACHED UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES.
  ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
  EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY.

* MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
  BASINWIDE AVERAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE INCH. LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS MIGHT REACH FOUR INCHES. IF THIS RAIN FALLS ON LOCATIONS
  WHICH HAD THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN, RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND
  CREEKS WILL CAUSE THEM TO FLOOD. EVEN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE NOT
  RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE IF SUCCESSIVE THUNDERSTORMS
  MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOST OF THE
  MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITHIN BANKFUL.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND 
CREEKS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS 
REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE 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.

$$

DELISI/EBERWINE/GIGI


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