[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/31/2009 4:34:18 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 310833
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009

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

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067>071-312100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN 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...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
433 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
 PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
 LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
  TODAY INTO TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE
  AREA. THE FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS
  AND CAUSE AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF WHICH MAY
  PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINS
  IS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE GROUND REMAINS
  WET IN MANY LOCATIONS AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER IN
  THE WEEK. AREAS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM
  THUNDERSTORMS... WITH LOCALIZED RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO FIVE INCHES.
  THESE AMOUNTS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
  MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION AS ROAD AND HIGHWAY FLOODING
  MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY
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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