[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/13/2010 3:44:08 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 130843
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
343 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH
SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER VIRGINIA WILL MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHWARD INTO THE DELMARVA PENINSULA LATER TODAY BEFORE TRACKING
OFFSHORE.

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-132100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
343 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND 
 PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN DELAWARE...
 DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE. IN 
 NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES 
 AND TALBOT. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE 
 MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...
 CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...
 MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
 OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SUSSEX...
 WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...
 CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
 NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA INTO SUNDAY 
 MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR STARTING 
 LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY. 

* WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE 
 ANTICIPATED WITH THIS STORM... WITH LOCALLY AROUND 5 INCHES 
 POSSIBLE. HIGHEST STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN NEW
 JERSEY.  

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FLOOD WATCH AREA TODAY. THIS
BANDS WILL LIFT SLOWLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND EXIT NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA LAST TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE REGION THAT WOULD ALSO
PRODUCE LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN. 

GIVEN THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN... THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AREAS OF
DANGEROUS FLOODING TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SMALL
STREAMS AND POSSIBLY MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE.
SMALLER STREAMS WILL RESPOND FIRST TO THE RAINFALL FOLLOWED BY
THE LARGER RIVERS. FLOODING COULD BEGIN TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY
ALONG FAST RESPONDING CREEKS... WHILE THE LARGER... SLOWER
RESPONDING RIVERS COULD SEE FLOODING PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. IN ADDITION... THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE.

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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