[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/6/2008 10:57:23 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 061556
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1056 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

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

.A WARM FRONT, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FROM CENTRAL NEW JERSEY BACK 
INTO NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS MORNING, WILL SLOWLY MOVE 
NORTHWARD AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO NEW ENGLAND.
MEANWHILE, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY WILL TRACK
NORTHEASTWARD TODAY, MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. A COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS OUR AREA THIS
EVENING. AN AREA OF RAIN WILL SURGE IN OUR AREA, SOME OF WHICH
COULD BE HEAVY MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-061-062-062200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0001.080206T1700Z-080207T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON
1056 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* A SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVIER
  RAIN TO THE AREA MAINLY LATE 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 SNOW AND ICE
  THAT MAY STILL BE PRESENT ON THE GROUND 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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KRUZDLO/GORSE