[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 5/6/2009 9:01:29 PM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
901 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009

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NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
901 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND 
 SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
 NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
 MERCER...MIDDLESEX...SOMERSET AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
 SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
 MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* TWO BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO
  AFFECT THE REGION. ONE WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING WITH
  A SECOND BAND EXPECTED AROUND MORNING. THE FLOOD WATCH AREA HAS
  HAD THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINS SO FAR THIS MONTH AND ARE THE MOST
  VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. IN SOME LOCATIONS OF LOWER BUCKS AND
  MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AS WELL AS NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY ONLY
  ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN WITHIN SIX HOURS WOULD START FLOODING.
  VULNERABLE STREAMS INCLUDE AND ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE CHRISTINA
  RIVER IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY...CHESTER CREEK IN DELAWARE COUNTY...
  THE PERKIOMEN CREEK IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...THE NESHAMINY CREEK
  IN BUCKS COUNTY AND THE ASSUNPINK CREEK IN MERCER COUNTY.  
   
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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