[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/25/2006 2:25:55 PM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

WGUS61 KPHI 251824
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
224 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-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...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
224 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 AND WESTERN MONMOUTH 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.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS SOUTHWEST FROM NEW ENGLAND...ACROSS
  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY THIS
  AFTERNOON. WEAK AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
  ALONG THE FRONT AS IT DRIFTS VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
  SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF
  NEW JERSEY...AND ON THE UPPER DELMARVA PENINSULA. ADDITIONAL
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...BUT
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND THAT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG
STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN URBAN AREAS. BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...DON'T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING...PAY SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER STATEMENTS.

$$

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KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...SANDY HOOK...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
224 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN 
  MARYLAND...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  CENTRAL DELAWARE...KENT DE IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...DELAWARE 
  BEACHES AND INLAND SUSSEX IN EASTERN MARYLAND...CAROLINE AND 
  TALBOT IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...KENT MD AND QUEEN ANNE'S IN 
  CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MONMOUTH IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAPE MAY...COASTAL 
  ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...OCEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN 
  BURLINGTON.

* UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS SOUTHWEST FROM NEW ENGLAND...ACROSS
  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY THIS
  AFTERNOON. WEAK AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
  ALONG THE FRONT AS IT DRIFTS VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
  MORE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THE
  REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

* THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL FROM THE LAST 24 HOURS HAS CREATED VERY
  WET, AND IN SOME AREAS, SATURATED CONDITIONS. ANY ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL QUICKLY CREATE
  ADDITIONAL FLOODING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING WILL PROBABLY BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS...BUT
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND THAT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG
STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN URBAN AREAS. BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...DON'T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING...PAY SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER STATEMENTS.

$$

RNS/RPW/MD/PO/VM


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