[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/17/2008 3:49:02 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 170848
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON...

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-171900-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
348 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...CARBON...
  LEHIGH...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
  MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY LATE TODAY...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 AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS 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.

$$

NJZ008-010-171900-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.080218T0600Z-080218T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE
348 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...MORRIS AND SOMERSET.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
  MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY LATE TODAY...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 AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS 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.

$$