[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/25/2010 3:42:12 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 250841
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
341 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

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

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060>062-067>071-251800-
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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
341 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS 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.

* UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL PULL
  MOIST UNSTABLE AIR NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. THE
  RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AS THE MORNING
  PROGRESSES. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATER THIS MORNING...AN
  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
  IN FROM THE WEST BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON FOR MOST PLACES. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS THROUGH 3 AM HAVE BEEN MAINLY LESS THAN HALF AN INCH.
  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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TFG


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