[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/5/2009 3:58:46 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 051958
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-060200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-090606T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
358 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW 
  JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST 
  MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
  HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
  SALEM...SOMERSET AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
  PHILADELPHIA.

* UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH UP TO ONE    
  AND ONE-HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. 
  SUCH AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS TO APPROACH      
  BANKFULL OR OVERFLOW AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK     
  RISES ON LARGER RIVERS. MAJOR RIVERS SUCH AS THE SCHUYLKILL AND    
  DELAWARE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD AS LESS RAIN SHOULD FALL IN     
  THEIR HEADWATER REGIONS. IN URBAN AREAS THERE WILL BE PONDING OF   
  WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

YOU SHOULD 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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