[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/5/2008 8:32:42 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 060132
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
832 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG A NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE LOCATED JUST NORTH AND
WEST OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...AN
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE...WHICH WILL
ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-061515-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0001.080206T1700Z-080207T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
832 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...MORRIS...SUSSEX 
  AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE AND 
  NORTHAMPTON.

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* A SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL BRING A SOAKING RAIN TO THE AREA ON
  WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING...WITH A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ANTICIPATED ACROSS
  THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN...COUPLED WITH A PREVIOUSLY
  SATURATED GROUND...COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING. IN
  ADDITION...ANY LINGERING SNOW AND ICE ACROSS THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS WILL MELT...ADDING TO THE RUNOFF. WHILE SIGNIFICANT
  RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

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 TO TAKE
ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

ONE WAY TO KEEP ABREAST OF EXISTING AND FORECASTED WATER
CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS TO MONITOR THE
ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR
HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE
LEFT HAND MENU.

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