[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/10/2009 2:50:31 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 101850
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 PM EDT THU SEP 10 2009

...HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL DRIFT TOWARD THE
DELAWARE/NEW JERSEY COAST BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND THEN WEAKEN AS IT
HEADS NORTH. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

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/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0012.090911T0000Z-090911T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
250 PM EDT THU SEP 10 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL 
 NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE 
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN 
 CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
 BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* LIGHT RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WILL
  BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* 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...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. 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.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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RPW