[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/8/2008 4:54:48 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 080954
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
454 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...CONTINUED THREAT OF FLOODING TODAY INTO LATE TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE APPALACHIANS TODAY AND 
BRING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN. MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-082015-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/
/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
454 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW 
  JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. 
  IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...
  MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...
  SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* A WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAIN FELL YESTERDAY ACROSS THE
  WATCH AREA AND MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY. RAIN WILL BE OFF AND
  ON THIS MORNING, BECOMING STEADY AND HEAVIER BY THIS AFTERNOON,
  ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE
  TRACKS TOWARD CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST RAIN
  WILL FALL FROM THE DELAWARE VALLEY AND EAST. A WIDESPREAD ONE TO
  ONE AND A HALF INCH RAIN IS LIKELY WITH AMOUNTS UP TO TWO
  INCHES.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE REGION CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AS A
  RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
  AND JUST YESTERDAY...KEEPING THE GROUND SATURATED. AS A
  RESULT...THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FALLS TODAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS
  WILL QUICKLY CAUSE RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS TO RISE. MINOR
  FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THIS
  WEEKEND. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE MODERATE
  FLOODING...GIVEN THEIR FASTER RESPONSE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. IN
  ADDITION...THERE IS LIKELY TO BE FLOODING ON SOME ROADWAYS...AS
  WELL AS IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
AND RESULTANT FLOODING IN AND NEAR 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 TO TAKE ACTION BY
MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD
WARNING IS ISSUED. A GOOD WAY TO RECEIVE A WARNING...IF ISSUED...
IS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS.

PLEASE REFER TO RIVER STATEMENTS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI FOR SPECIFIC CREST INFORMATION ON VARIOUS
RIVER SYSTEMS IN OUR HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA. THEY WILL BE
UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

ANOTHER WAY TO CHECK EXISTING AND FORECAST CONDITIONS ON
WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION IS TO MONITOR THE ADVANCED
HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON
OUR WEB SITE. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND MENU.

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