[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/15/2006 2:48:09 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 151947
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
247 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006

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060>062-067>071-161030-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
247 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH 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 AND NORTHWESTERN 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL LIFT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO
  SOUTHEAST CANADA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL PULL A
  DYNAMIC COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION ON THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WILL
  RESULT IN RAIN...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WINDS. 

* OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE
  AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN...WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH
  RAINFALL IS FORECAST...AND UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS
  POSSIBLE WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT DEVELOP. HEAVY RAIN IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE AMOUNTS
  COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN SUDDEN FLOODING OF AREAS NOT
  NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING.

* WINDS WITH THE FRONT ARE FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH
  WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH. HOWEVER...IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP
  AND CAUSE WINDS ALOFT TO MIX TO THE SURFACE...STRONGER WIND GUSTS
  THAT COULD FELL TREES AND LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE
  POSSIBLE. 

  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG
  STREAMS...CREEKS...AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND SOME AREAS NOT
  NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. 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/DELISI


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