[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/4/2008 3:21:41 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 042021
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
321 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

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

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-051100-
/O.CON.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
321 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 9 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* A NEAR STATIONARY FRONTAL ZONE RAN FROM NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KENTUCKY THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT REACHING
  PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. WARM AND MOIST
  AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM 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 MONTH, LEAVING THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED. THERE IS ALSO
  SOME SNOW IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA AND FARTHER NORTH
  IN THE UPPER DELAWARE BASIN. THE HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH MILD
  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>071-051100-
/O.CON.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
321 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 9 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* A NEAR STATIONARY FRONTAL ZONE RAN FROM NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KENTUCKY THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT REACHING
  PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. WARM MOIST AIR
  AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL 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
  BANK 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.

$$

RPW