[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/23/2010 4:00:39 PM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
357 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2010

...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY...

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060>062-067>071-241130-
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
357 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST 
 MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE 
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN 
 NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL...KENT MD AND QUEEN ANNES. IN NEW 
 JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...
 MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...
 SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...
 BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...
 MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PULL MOIST   
UNSTABLE AIR NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.   
THE RAIN WILL BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT, AND AS A COLD FRONT   APPROACHES 
EARLY MONDAY, AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED   
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP NORTH EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS AND   BRING 
RAINS ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO THREE INCHES.

* GIVEN THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN, SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL
  REACH THEIR CAUTIONARY STAGE AND SOME MAY REACH FLOOD STAGE
  DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. 

* THE HEAVIEST RAINS MAY BE OCCURRING JUST BEFORE OR AFTER THE
  MORNING RUSH HOUR MONDAY AND THIS WILL CREATE FLOODING ON STREETS
  AND UNDERPASSES MAKING FOR A SLOW COMMUTE. 

* IF WE GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE THUNDERSTORMS FORM, HEAVIER
  RAIN TOTALS ARE LIKELY AND SOME ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL
  BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE IN THUNDERSTORMS. 

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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