[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/8/2008 3:13:06 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 082012
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...CONTINUED THREAT OF FLOODING LATE TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE
REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE THROUGH NEW YORK STATE AND INTO
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT.

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-082300-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080308T2300Z/
/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
312 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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.

* UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* ACCORDING TO OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES, A SHIELD OF HEAVY
  RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY OCCURRED OVER NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND,
  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN DELAWARE, FAR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND NEW
  JERSEY. RAIN AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN 1.5 TO
  2.5 INCHES. STRIPS OF LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXTENDED FROM
  NORTHERN KENT AND SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTIES IN DELAWARE
  THROUGH PHILADELPHIA AND UP INTO MERCER, HUNTERDON, AND WARREN
  COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY, WHERE 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED. ANOTHER
  SIMILAR BAND OF HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS WAS NOTED OVER EASTERN
  ATLANTIC, OCEAN, AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE.

* AT 3 PM THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING OVER NORTHEASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW JERSEY, BUT OTHER
  BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWARD TO CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE SOUTHERN
  DELMARVA PENINSULA WILL SWING NORTHWARD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
  AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH, LOCALLY 1 INCH IN
  THUNDERSTORMS, IS EXPECTED AS THE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF FROM THE SMALLER STREAMS AND
  CREEKS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT, MOVING INTO THE LARGER RIVERS
  TONIGHT, THROUGH SUNDAY, AND INTO MONDAY. MINOR FLOODING IS
  POSSIBLE ON MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THE REST OF THIS
  WEEKEND, AND SOME WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. SOME OF THE
  SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING. IN
  ADDITION...FLOODING ON SOME ROADWAYS AND AS IN POOR DRAINAGE AND
  LOW-LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.

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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