[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/24/2010 8:27:29 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 250127
FFAPHI

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

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

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060>062-067>071-251000-
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/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
827 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

* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PULL
  MOIST UNSTABLE AIR NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND
  EARLY MONDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAS BEGUN FOR A PORTION OF THE AREA,
  AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. AS A COLD
  FRONT APPROACHES EARLY MONDAY, AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND
  POSSIBLY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST
  AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE ON MONDAY. AREAS NORTH AND WEST
  OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION HAVE RECEIVED MORE RAIN THIS EVENING,
  GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH THUS FAR, WHILE AREAS
  FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST HAVE RECEIVED LESS, LESS THAN ONE TENTH
  OF AN INCH. AS RAIN INCREASES OVERNIGHT, STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION
  SHOULD AVERAGE ONE TO TWO INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER 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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