[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/8/2006 11:54:00 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 081653
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1153 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
1153 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THE STEADY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WILL TAPER OFF AND END
  TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH LATE THIS
  MORNING WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. RADAR INDICATES SOME 2 TO
  3 INCH AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA, MAINLY IN CECIL
  COUNTY MARYLAND, WESTERN CHESTER AND BERKS COUNTIES IN
  PENNSYLVANIA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN
  WAS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN DELMARVA COAST LATE THIS MORNING.
  IT WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TO A POSITION OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST
  TONIGHT. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE
  THE RAIN TAPERS OFF TONIGHT, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY TO
  THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA.

* 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 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,
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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