[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/30/2006 9:05:39 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 310104
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
904 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>027-PAZ060-067>071-
311000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0007.060901T1600Z-060902T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
904 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHERN 
  DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...SOUTHERN 
  NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL 
  DELAWARE...KENT DE IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN 
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE...DELAWARE BEACHES AND INLAND SUSSEX IN 
  EASTERN MARYLAND...CAROLINE AND TALBOT IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  CECIL...KENT MD AND QUEEN ANNE'S IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...
  COASTAL ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...GLOUCESTER...
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM AND SOUTHEASTERN 
  BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
  PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO WILL MOVE OFF THE FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT
  AND THEN MOVE ONSHORE NEAR SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING. THE
  STORM WILL CONTINUE NORTHWARD OVER THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES
  FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING
  TROPICAL DOWNPOURS TO AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING
  THE PAST FEW DAYS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP IF THESE EXCESSIVE TOTALS ARE 
  REALIZED. THE TIME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS WITH ERNESTO ARE 
  EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ONCE THE CENTER OF ERNESTO 
  PASSES TO THE NORTH LATER SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL 
  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE 
  SHOWERS WILL HAVE MORE TROPICAL DOWNPOURS AND WILL ONLY 
  AGGRAVATE ANY EXISTING FLOODING. 

A FLOOD 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.

$$

NJZ001-007>010-012>015-PAZ054-055-061-062-311000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0007.060901T2200Z-060903T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
904 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...EASTERN 
  MONMOUTH...MERCER AND WESTERN MONMOUTH IN NORTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX 
  AND WARREN IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...LEHIGH AND 
  NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE.

* FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO WILL MOVE OFF THE FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT
  AND THEN MOVE ONSHORE NEAR SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING. THE
  STORM WILL CONTINUE NORTHWARD OVER THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES
  FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING
  TROPICAL DOWNPOURS TO AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING
  THE PAST FEW DAYS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP IF THESE EXCESSIVE TOTALS ARE 
  REALIZED. THE TIME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS WITH ERNESTO ARE 
  EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. ONCE THE 
  CENTER OF ERNESTO PASSES TO THE NORTH LATER SATURDAY...THERE 
  WILL BE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE SHOWERS WILL HAVE MORE 
  TROPICAL DOWNPOURS AND WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ANY EXISTING 
  FLOODING. 

A FLOOD 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.

$$

OHARA

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