[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/7/2006 2:47:12 PM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
246 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006
 
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
246 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST 
  MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN 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 NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
  MIDDLESEX...MORRIS AND SOMERSET IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT
  TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.
  THE RAIN WILL THEN TAPER OFF AND END WEDNESDAY EVENING. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.
  THE RAIN IS A RESULT OF A MOISTURE LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
  OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS IT
  MOVES NORTHEAST TO NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN
  NEW JERSEY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RESULT WILL BE A DRENCHING
  RAIN THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
 
* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE SCHUYLKILL AND
  DELAWARE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION, FLOODING IS
  ALSO LIKELY IN ANY AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE, AS WELL AS IN AREAS
  WHERE CULVERTS AND CATCH BASINS BECOME CLOGGED FROM FALLEN
  LEAVES. THESE FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY FOR
  MOTORISTS.
 
A 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.

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