[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 11/16/2006 3:39:57 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 162039
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

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060>062-067>071-170200-
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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
339 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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.

* UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL LIFT THROUGH THE
  GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA BY LATE TONIGHT. A
  STRONG COLD FRONT OUT WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
  REGION TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME
  HEAVY RAIN AND 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 ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING RUSH
  HOUR 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 FOUR TO 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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