[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/21/2006 2:56:34 PM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

WGUS61 KPHI 211856
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
256 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ015>019-PAZ060-061-067>071-220300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0006.060722T1600Z-060723T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...READING...ALLENTOWN...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
256 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
  DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM IN EAST CENTRAL 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS AND LEHIGH IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND
  REACH THE DELAWARE VALLEY SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONT AND ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
  COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES IN
  AN HOURS TIME. WHEN RAINFALL RATES ARE THIS HIGH...THERE WOULD
  BE RAPID RUNOFF CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 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.

$$

STAUBER/WN



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