[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/28/2009 2:52:54 PM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
252 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009

...HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH OUR REGION
DURING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN 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...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
252 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 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...
  NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  ...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE.
  IN MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
  CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH
  ...MORRIS...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE
  ...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN TODAY IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. SOME
  LOCATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES
  OF RAIN. ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN...FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...FELL
  FROM BERKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA...ACROSS THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND
  INTO THE RARITAN RIVER VALLEY OF NEW JERSEY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE BALANCE OF THIS AFTERNOON
  AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY.

* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND
  CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. RAINFALL RATES MAY BE
  QUITE HIGH AT SOME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING...BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. IF YOU OBSERVE
RAPIDLY RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK IT IS.

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IOVINO