[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/16/2008 6:00:44 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 162002
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2008

...FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON...

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MORRIS-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE
302 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MORRIS AND SOMERSET.

* FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
  MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY LATE SUNDAY, BRINGING A COLD FRONT
  THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY. A MOIST AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
  WILL HELP TO ENHANCE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT
  INTO MONDAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND
  THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE
  COMBINATION OF THIS HEAVY RAIN, ALONG WITH PREVIOUSLY SATURATED
  GROUNDS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG FLOOD-PRONE RIVERS,
  CREEKS, AND STREAMS, IN ADDITION TO LOW-LYING AREAS AND ROADWAY
  FLOODING.

* BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
  THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
  WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO
  GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 

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 FOR
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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