[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/10/2008 3:28:51 PM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
328 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
  IN DELAWARE...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE. IN 
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES 
  AND TALBOT. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...
  CUMBERLAND...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...
  MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...
  MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE
  SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM
  SHOULD BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING, THEN BECOME HEAVIER AND STEADIER
  LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, CONTINUING HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY
  NIGHT. BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING, BETWEEN
  2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-
  ATLANTIC SEABOARD.

  WHILE THE MAIN STEM DELAWARE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO STAY WELL
  WITHIN ITS BANKS, TRIBUTARY STREAMS SUCH AS THE PERKIOMEN,
  NESHAMINY, AND CHESTER CREEKS COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING IF
  ENOUGH RAIN HAPPENS TO FALL OVER THESE WATERSHEDS. IN ADDITION,
  THE SMALLER RIVERS SUCH AS THE SCHUYLKILL, RARITAN, AND PASSAIC
  RIVERS COULD EXPERIENCE THREE-QUARTERS TO NEAR BANKFULL
  CONDITIONS DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAPPENS TO FALL.

  RESIDENTS ALONG WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION SHOULD KEEP
  ABREAST OF CHANGING STREAM LEVELS INTO FRIDAY, AND BE PREPARED TO
  TAKE NECESSARY ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THE THREAT FROM
  FLOODING DURING THIS EVENT IS MORE LIKELY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS
  RATHER THAN ALONG THE RIVERS. FLOODING FROM PONDING OF WATER
  ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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