[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/17/2008 1:05:16 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 171804
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
104 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

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

NJZ001-007-008-010-PAZ054-055-060>062-180215-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.080218T0600Z-080218T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON
104 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS
  EVENING...BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY. A
  MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL HELP TO ENHANCE
  PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECIPITATION
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO
  ONE INCH WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 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.

$$