[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/8/2006 2:59:55 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 081959
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
259 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...MEDIA
259 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
MARYLAND...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NO NEW ADDITIONAL
FLOOD WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE AREA AS THE
HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE REFER TO
FLOOD STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE COOPER RIVER AND SECTIONS OF THE
PERKIOMEN, WISSAHICKON AND BRANDYWINE CREEKS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
FLOODING.
  

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NJZ008>010-012-015-PAZ069-090600-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...DOYLESTOWN
259 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS AND SOMERSET IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS.

* UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY

* THE STEADY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WILL TAPER OFF AND END
  BY THIS EVENING. EVENT TOTALS WILL AVERAGE TWO TO TWO AND A HALF
  INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
  RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED EAST OF DELAWARE LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND WILL TRACK TOWARD LONG ISLAND TONIGHT.

* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE
  WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...FLOODING IS 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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RPW/TFG