[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/11/2006 2:30:23 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 111929
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
229 PM EST SAT NOV 11 2006

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN 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...JACKSON...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
229 PM EST SAT NOV 11 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

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...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...
  OCEAN...SALEM AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID
  ATLANTIC STATES AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION ON
  SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT
  AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND GREAT
  LAKES REGION. AS THIS FRONT SAGS SOUTH, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
  IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA
  COASTAL BORDER. AS THIS HAPPENS, HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
  THE LOW WILL SLOWLY MAKE ITS WAY OFF THE COAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  INTO MONDAY. WHILE DOING SO, THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
  NORTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

* SINCE THE AREA RECEIVED SOME HEAVY RAINS THIS PAST WEEK, IT WILL
  NOT TAKE AS MUCH RAIN ACROSS THE AREA TO CAUSE FLOODING.
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A
  FEW LOCALIZED THREE INCH AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE TOTALS
  MAY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG LOCAL STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN
  THE WATCH AREA. THE LARGER RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA, SUCH AS THE
  DELAWARE AND SCHUYLKILL ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD AT THIS TIME.
  IN ADDITION, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF HEAVY RAIN FALL IS A SHORT
  PERIOD OF TIME.

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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ROBERTSON/O'HARA