[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/24/2010 2:49:28 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 241948
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
248 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY...

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060>062-067>071-251000-
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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
248 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST 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 11 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PULL MOIST UNSTABLE  
  AIR NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. LIGHT  
  RAIN WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING NORTH OF AN APPROACHING WARM    
  FRONT. 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. STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION  
  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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