[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/21/2009 2:47:39 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 211847
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
247 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009
 
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-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...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
247 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

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...CAMDEN...
 GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
 NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND 
 WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...
 DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND 
 PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* A SERIES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN
  WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
  EVENT PRECIPITATION TOTALS SHOULD AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH
  LOCAL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 5 INCHES. EACH SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL MAKE THE REGION MORE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING AS IT SOAKS THE
  GROUND AND RAISES STREAM LEVELS. WHILE THE AIR MASS OVER THE
  REGION IS QUITE HUMID AND TROPICAL IT IS NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED
  WITH HURRICANE BILL. WHAT HURRICANE BILL WILL DO IS SLOW THE
  PROGRESSION OF A COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST AND CAUSE SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.

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. DO NOT TRAVEL ON ROADWAYS 
THAT ARE PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND 
BARRICADES.

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