[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/18/2008 5:32:30 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 181032
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
532 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

...FLOODING POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON...

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MORRIS-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE
532 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA AND THE
  ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE
  AFTERNOON. 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
  REGION. 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.

* 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.

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