[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/5/2008 5:07:52 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 051005
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
505 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008

...AREAS OF FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A COLD FRONT MOVED OFF THE COAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AT
THE SAME TIME, LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WAS MOVING
THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ON ITS WAY TO
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN WITH
THE FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED OFF THE COAST, BUT PRECIPITATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS STILL FALLING OVER
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...AS WELL AS NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION
ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WILL MOVE EAST
BEFORE NOON ON WEDNESDAY.


NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-051800-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T1800Z/
/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
505 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS 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.

* UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* BY 5 AM WEDNESDAY...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN
  REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SOME ISOLATED THREE INCH
  AMOUNTS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR. THIS RAIN...IN COMBINATION
  WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED BY 9 AM...AND WITH ANY
  SNOWMELT...HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN AREAS OF
  POOR DRAINAGE. FLOODING IS ALSO STILL POSSIBLE ON SMALLER
  TRIBUTARY STREAMS. THE FLOOD WATCH THEREFORE CONTINUES INTO
  EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

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..STAY INFORMED...AND BE
READY TO TAKE 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.

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-015-PAZ067>071-051800-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T1800Z/
/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
505 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS 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.

* UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* BY 5 AM WEDNESDAY...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN
  REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS RAIN...IN COMBINATION
  WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN THAT MAY FALL BY 9 AM...HAS THE
  POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. THE
  FLOOD WATCH THEREFORE CONTINUES INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS
AND CREEKS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WATCH AREA...STAY INFORMED...AND BE READY TO TAKE 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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