[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/24/2010 3:28:44 AM

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

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

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060>062-067>071-242200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0001.100125T0400Z-100125T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
328 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE 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...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 THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PULL MOIST
  UNSTABLE AIR NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND MONDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN LATER TODAY. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
  EARLY MONDAY...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS AROUND
  SUNRISE ON MONDAY. EVENT PRECIPITATION TOTALS SHOULD AVERAGE ONE
  TO TWO INCHES, WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 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. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE TYPICAL URBAN
  AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD HAVE AN
  ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

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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GIGI