[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/17/2008 8:33:09 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 180132
FFAPHI

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

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

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MORRIS-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE
832 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM 1 AM EST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO PROVINCE CANADA
  OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY. A
  MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT... ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS JUST
  OFF THE SURFACE AS WELL AS HIGHER IN THE ATMOSPHERE... WILL HELP
  TO ENHANCE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT 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 SATURATED GROUND
  FROM PREVIOUS RAIN... COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG FLOOD-PRONE
  RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION... FLOODING MAY OCCUR
  IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

* 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 FORECAST 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.

$$

TFG


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