[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 4/6/2009 9:09:11 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 061308
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
908 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009

...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY...

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NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
908 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST 
 PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
 DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...EASTERN 
 MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...
 NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET AND WESTERN 
 MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...
 DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* THE FIRST ROUND OF RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED
  THROUGH THE FLOOD WATCH AREA. RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES WERE
  BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND HALF AN INCH WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  OCCURRING IN NEW JERSEY. EVEN HEAVIER RAIN AND LARGER HAIL FELL
  EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. MORE ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  OVER VIRGINIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATER TODAY.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH. HOWEVER... THERE
  WILL BE SOME AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE DUE TO THE THUNDERSTORMS
  ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. THESE HEAVIER AMOUNTS COULD LEAD TO
  FLOODING ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS IN AREAS WITH
  POOR DRAINAGE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON AND END THE THREAT FOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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TFG


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