[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/25/2010 8:15:37 AM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
815 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...

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060>062-067>071-252200-
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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
815 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 5 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. AS A
  COLD FRONT APPROACHES...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY
  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. 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 COULD
  REACH THEIR CAUTIONARY STAGE...AND SOME MAY REACH FLOOD STAGE
  LATER TODAY OR DURING THE EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE
  TYPICAL URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. 

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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