[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/5/2006 4:17:17 AM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
416 AM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006

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NEW CASTLE-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
416 AM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW 
  JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN CENTRAL NEW 
  JERSEY...MERCER IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...
  DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC
  STATES TODAY WILL PASS OFF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS
  TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL TAP BOTH MOISTURE FROM THE DEEP SOUTH AND
  SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE FROM WHAT WAS ONCE PACIFIC
  HURRICANE JOHN.

* RAIN AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WITH THIS SYSTEM.
  WITH THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN FROM THE REMNANTS OF ERNESTO STILL
  RUNNING OFF AND THE SOILS WETTER THAN NORMAL, ISOLATED FLOODING
  FROM MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD ONLY ADD TO THE
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING POTENTIAL. SEVERAL
  STREAMS ARE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING AND THESE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
  LIMITED TO THE VALLEY CREEK...THE EAST BRANCH OF THE BRANDYWINE
  CREEK AND FRENCH CREEK IN CHESTER COUNTY...THE NESHAMINY CREEK
  IN BUCKS COUNTY...THE ASSUNPINK CREEK IN MERCER COUNTY AND THE
  CHRISTINA RIVER IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

* PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL MAKE FOR A
  DIFFICULT COMMUTE, ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE
  STEADY RAIN WILL END OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES INTO NEW
  ENGLAND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, AS WELL
  AS YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO OUTLET, FOR MORE
  DETAILED INFORMATION AS THIS EVENT DEVELOPS.

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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TFG/RPW

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