[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 4/20/2009 3:52:31 AM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 AM EDT MON APR 20 2009

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
352 AM EDT MON APR 20 2009

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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...COASTAL OCEAN...EASTERN MONMOUTH...
 GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
 NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN 
 BURLINGTON...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
 PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY...
 NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* A MOIST AND FAIRLY POTENT COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING
  HEAVIER RAIN TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN
  SHOULD OCCUR FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
  EVENT TOTALS SHOULD AVERAGE BETWEEN 1.0 AND 1.5 INCHES. ANY
  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO OCCUR WOULD CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
  SUCH A RAIN EVENT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS... STREAMS...
  URBAN AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALONG THE NORTHERN NEW
  JERSEY COASTLINE... WINDS AND STRONG WAVE ACTION COULD ACT ALONG
  WITH RAINFALL TO INCREASE THE FLOODING THREAT. CREEKS THAT ARE
  MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,
  THE CHRISTINA AND WHITE CLAY IN DELAWARE, THE ASSUNPINK IN NEW JERSEY
  AND THE NESHAMINY, CHESTER AND EAST BRANCH OF THE BRANDYWINE IN
  PENNSYLVANIA. 
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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