[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/9/2009 11:58:12 AM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1157 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN 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...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
1157 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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...ATLANTIC...
 ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL 
 ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...
 GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
 NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...
 SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN 
 MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...
 DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND 
 PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COVERS THE REGION. THIS
  COMBINED WITH A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH ALONG WITH CONTINUED
  UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH WILL ALLOW SCATTERED
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO KEEP DEVELOPING THROUGH TONIGHT.
  ANY OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN TORRENTIAL
  DOWNPOURS WITH POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR.

* WHERE EVER TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS DEVELOP, FLASH FLOODING COULD
  ALSO DEVELOP QUICKLY. SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL
  BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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