[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/16/2006 4:16:39 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 160915
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

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060>062-067>071-162100-
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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
415 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WILL LIFT
  THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA BY LATE
  TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL PUSH A DYNAMIC COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION
  TONIGHT. IT WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS...POSSIBLY SOME
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS.

* OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN
  DELAWARE AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...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 THIS AFTERNOON AND END BY 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. UNLIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF HEAVY RAIN
  EVENTS...THE HEAVY RAIN TODAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN A MORE
  CONCENTRATED PERIOD OF TIME...MUCH IF NOT ALL WITHIN SIX HOURS.
  THIS WILL CAUSE FASTER RESPONSES BY THE SMALLER CREEKS IN THE
  WATCH AREA.


  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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TFG