[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/6/2008 4:49:53 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 062149
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD
THIS EVENING, MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS OUR AREA LATE THIS
EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION, SOME
OF WHICH COULD BE HEAVY MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-061-062-070500-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-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
449 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

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.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT

* A SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVIER
  RAIN TO THE AREA THIS 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.

* THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN THE FLOOD WATCH THAT ONLY NEED AN INCH
  OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR, AND THAT COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN IF THE
  HEAVY SHOWERS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. 

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.

$$