[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/12/2006 3:45:45 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 120745
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 AM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-121800-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0005.060712T1900Z-060713T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
345 AM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...MORRIS...SUSSEX 
  AND WARREN IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND 
  NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE.

* FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND OHIO
  VALLEY WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF OUR AREA TODAY AND INTO NEW
  ENGLAND TONIGHT, BRINGING A FRONT THROUGH OUR AREA. THIS FRONT,
  COMBINED WITH THE EXTREMELY HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE,
  WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL YIELD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
  TIME THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD LOOK FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A 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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR LOCAL
COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON DEVELOPING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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