[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/29/2006 11:55:14 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 291554
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1154 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-300000-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-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...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
1154 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST 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 NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS
  ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THROUGH THE COURSE OF
  THE AFTERNOON. BASIN WIDE AVERAGES OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED
  WITH SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. 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 DOWNPOURS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT
  PERIOD OF TIME. THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
  WITHIN BANKFULL.

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.

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