[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/11/2008 9:47:28 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 120247
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
947 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ007>010-012-013-015>023-027-
PAZ060>062-067>071-121100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
947 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON, BUCKS,
  MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. THE NEW JERSEY
  COUNTIES OF WARREN, MORRIS, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX,
  MERCER, INLAND MONMOUTH, INLAND OCEAN, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN,
  GLOUCESTER, SALEM, CUMBERLAND, INLAND ATLANTIC AND INLAND CAPE
  MAY. THE DELAWARE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE, KENT AND INLAND
  SUSSEX. THE MARYLAND COUNTIES OF CECIL, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S,
  TALBOT AND CAROLINE.

* UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY

* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CAROLINA AND
  VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL PROGRESS TO THE NORTHEAST
  AND IT SHOULD PASS OVER NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND
  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE TONIGHT.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING, MOST LOCATIONS IN THE REGION HAD RECEIVED
  ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
  EXPECTED OVERNIGHT, WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A
  STORM TOTAL OF TWO AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF
  RAIN. THE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END TOWARD
  MORNING.

* THE MAIN STEM DELAWARE RIVER AND THE LEHIGH RIVER ARE EXPECTED
  TO STAY WELL WITHIN THEIR BANKS. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE SMALLER
  RIVERS AN CREEKS IN THE REGION, SUCH AS PERKIOMEN CREEK,
  NESHAMINY CREEK, CHESTER CREEK, THE CHRISTINA RIVER, ASSUNPINK
  CREEK, RANCOCAS CREEK AND THE MILLSTONE RIVER, MAY EXPERIENCE
  MINOR FLOODING. MEANWHILE, THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER, THE RARITAN
  RIVER AND THE PASSAIC RIVER MAY EXPERIENCE THREE QUARTERS TO
  NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS.

IN ADDITION TO MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME THE THE SMALLER RIVERS
AND CREEKS IN THE REGION, THERE WILL LIKELY BE FLOODING ON
ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD
WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

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