[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/6/2008 3:22:31 PM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
322 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
322 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF CARBON...
  MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...LEHIGH...BERKS...CHESTER...
  MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE...FOR THE NEW
  JERSEY COUNTIES OF SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...
  SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...INLAND MONMOUTH...MERCER...NORTHWESTERN
  BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND SALEM...FOR NEW CASTLE
  COUNTY IN DELAWARE...AND FOR CECIL COUNTY IN MARYLAND.

* FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF
  MEXICO TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING ONTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST EARLY
  ON FRIDAY. THE LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES UP
  THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND
  SATURDAY. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PASS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  ON SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE MOVING UP OVER NEW ENGLAND ON
  SATURDAY NIGHT.

* RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE,
  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE
  RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY,
  AND IT WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ONE AND A HALF TO TWO
  AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE REGION
  FROM LATE FRIDAY INTO LATE SATURDAY. SOME LOCATIONS COULD
  RECEIVE UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE REGION CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AS A
  RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
  ON WEDNESDAY. THE GROUND ALSO REMAINS NEARLY SATURATED AT MOST
  LOCATIONS. AS A RESULT, THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FALLS FROM LATE
  FRIDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY WILL QUICKLY CAUSE RIVER AND STREAM
  LEVELS TO RISE. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON MANY AREA RIVERS
  AND STREAMS OVER THE WEEKEND. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY
  EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING GIVEN THEIR FASTER RESPONSE TO
  HEAVY RAINFALL.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
AND FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE AT A LOCATION THAT IS
PRONE TO FLOODING, BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS. BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

ONE WAY TO CHECK EXISTING AND FORECAST CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS
THROUGHOUT OUR 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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IOVINO