[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/4/2008 4:40:48 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 040940
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
440 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...FLOODING RAINS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-042100-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0004.080305T0200Z-080305T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
440 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATER TODAY. A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW
  PRESSURE NEAR TENNESSEE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THIS FRONT
  TONIGHT. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL BE MOVING IN AHEAD OF THIS
  SYSTEM... WHICH WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STEADY AND HEAVY
  RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. MUCH OF OUR REGION HAS
  HAD AN ABOVE NORMAL AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST MONTHS
  TIME PERIOD... SO THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. THERE IS ALSO
  A LITTLE SNOW IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA AND FARTHER
  NORTHWARD IN THE UPPER DELAWARE BASIN. THIS HEAVY RAIN ALONG
  WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL MELT THE SNOW... WHICH COULD
  EXACERBATE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-015-PAZ067>071-042100-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0004.080305T0200Z-080305T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...
TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
440 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW 
  JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST 
  MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...MERCER AND MIDDLESEX. IN 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATER TODAY. A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW
  PRESSURE NEAR TENNESSEE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THIS FRONT
  TONIGHT. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL BE MOVING IN AHEAD OF THIS
  SYSTEM... WHICH WILL HELP LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN
  AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
  FLOOD POTENTIAL WOULD MORE LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF URBAN AND
  SMALL STREAM FLOODING...BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT
  WITHIN BANKS RISES ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS TOO. 

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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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