[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/28/2010 4:02:15 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 280800
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

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EASTERN MONMOUTH-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDY HOOK...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND
400 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND 
 SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
 CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHERN NEW 
 JERSEY...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAPE MAY...COASTAL 
 ATLANTIC AND COASTAL OCEAN.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST SUNDAY WILL STALL OVER THE
  NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. ADDITIONAL
  LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP ALONG THE COAST WILL ADD TO THE COMPLEX
  STORM INTERACTIONS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
  POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LIGHTER RAIN MIGHT
  PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES GRADUALLY
  EASTWARD AND AWAY FROM OUR AREA. TOTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
  TO AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES...BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY BE UP TO 6
  INCHES. ALTHOUGH THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE...AT THIS TIME THE
  GREATEST PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR OVER EASTERN PARTS OF OUR
  FORECAST AREA...INCLUDING NEW JERSEY. THE COMBINATION OF THE
  HEAVY RAINS...ALREADY HIGH STREAMS AND RIVERS...AND SATURATED
  SOIL WOULD LEAD TO RENEWED FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RUNOFF
  OF HEAVY RAIN MAY EXACERBATE ANY COASTAL FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. PLEASE USE THE DRY WEATHER PRECEDING THIS
PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN.
PLEASE 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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DEZ001-NJZ008>010-012-013-015>022-027-PAZ067>071-282030-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
400 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST 
 PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
 DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...CAMDEN...
 CUMBERLAND...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...
 MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...
 SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST 
 PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
 PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST TODAY WILL STALL OVER THE
  NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ADDITIONAL LOW
  PRESSURE MOVING UP ALONG THE COAST WILL ADD TO THE COMPLEX STORM
  INTERACTIONS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
  FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LIGHTER RAIN MIGHT PERSIST INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES GRADUALLY EASTWARD AND AWAY
  FROM OUR AREA. TOTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 2 TO 4
  INCHES...BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY BE UP TO 6 INCHES. ALTHOUGH THE
  FORECAST MAY CHANGE...AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION
  MAY OCCUR OVER EASTERN PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA...INCLUDING
  NEW JERSEY. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAINS...ALREADY HIGH
  STREAMS AND RIVERS...AND SATURATED SOIL WOULD LEAD TO RENEWED
  FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. GIVEN THE SERIOUS NATURE OF
  RECENT FLOODING AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINS
  DURING THE NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS...THE POSSIBILITY FOR SERIOUS
  FLOODING EXISTS. FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE ON SMALLER STREAMS
  AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LARGER RIVERS...INCLUDING THE
  PASSAIC...RARITAN...AND MILLSTONE RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. PLEASE USE THE DRY WEATHER PRECEDING THIS
PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN.
PLEASE 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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