[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/6/2008 4:38:45 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 060938
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
438 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

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

NJZ009-010-061745-
/O.EXA.KPHI.FA.A.0001.080206T1700Z-080207T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE
438 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET.

* FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL BRING A SOAKING RAIN TO THE AREA LATER
  TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD OCCUR THIS 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. WHILE
  WIDESPREAD 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.

$$

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-061745-
/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
438 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THIS
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 NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL BRING A SOAKING RAIN TO THE AREA LATER
  TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD OCCUR THIS 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 WIDESPREAD 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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