[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/1/2010 3:45:45 AM

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

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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
345 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

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 THIS AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA WILL MOVE
  NORTHWARD THROUGH MID MORNING...AND THEN PASS NORTHEAST OF THE
  REGION LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. A BAND OF HEAVY
  RAIN AND EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER WAS AFFECTING THE REGION EARLY
  THIS MORNING...AND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN
  RECEIVED. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM THE SOUTH AS THE
  MORNING PROGRESSES...BUT THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF THURSDAY AND
  THE ADDITIONAL RAIN OF THIS MORNING WAS LEADING TO A VERY
  SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
  DELAWARE VALLEY REGION. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN
  COMMON AROUND THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA. LOCAL STORM TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS MAY REACH 10
  INCHES. THE LEAST RAIN SO FAR HAS BEEN OVER EASTERN NEW
  JERSEY...BUT THESE AREAS WILL GET THEIR SHARE OF 1 OR 2 LOCALLY
  3 INCHES AS THE LOW MOVES UP THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING.

* THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS PROMPTED MANY FLOOD WARNINGS FOR URBAN
  AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND
  WESTERN DELAWARE. IN ADDITION...RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO BECOMING
  MORE LIKELY.

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 FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.

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