[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/29/2010 3:52:39 AM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 AM EDT WED SEP 29 2010

...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT...

.TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE WILL RIDE UP THE EAST COAST TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY...AND MOVE AWAY THURSDAY NIGHT.

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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
352 AM EDT WED SEP 29 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH 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.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* LOW PRESSURE WITH TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS WILL MOVE UP THE EAST
  COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. WITH EXTREMELY HIGH MOISTURE
  CONTENT...A STRONG STORM INFLOW...AND LOTS OF INSTABILITY...RAIN
  BEGINNING TONIGHT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND
  ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF THURSDAY NIGHT AS
  THE CENTER OF TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF OUR AREA.
  TOTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES...BUT
  LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY BE UP TO 6 OR 7 INCHES. ALTHOUGH THE FORECAST
  COULD CHANGE...AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION IS
  EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST MARYLAND SHORE...EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...AND WESTERN NEW JERSEY. SLIGHTLY
  LESSER ALTHOUGH STILL HEAVY AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR CLOSER TO THE NEW
  JERSEY COAST.
  
* RECENT HEAVY RAINS OVER PARTS OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AND IN
  THE SOUTHERN POCONOS HAVE ELEVATED STREAM LEVELS AND GROUND
  MOISTURE TO SOME DEGREE. ALTHOUGH OTHER AREAS EXPERIENCED LESS
  RAIN AND SOIL MOISTURE MAY BE LESS...COPIOUS RAIN AND ESPECIALLY
  ENHANCED RAIN RATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOOD THREAT.
  SO...THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WITH
  THIS APPROACHING RAIN-MAKER THROUGHOUT OUR AREA...AND THIS MEANS
  THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SERIOUS FLOODING FOR THE REGION
  THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE FIRST
  ON THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS...BUT MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE
  SOMEWHAT LATER FOR SOME OF THE LARGER RIVERS. A FEW EMBEDDED
  THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS
  MAINLY SOUTH OF I-195 IN NEW JERSEY AND THE PENNSYLVANIA
  TURNPIKE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...
  ESPECIALLY IF THEY TRAIN OVER LOCAL AREAS. LOCALIZED FLASH
  FLOODING MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN HILLY AREAS...SUCH AS THE
  LEHIGH VALLEY AND SOUTHERN POCONOS AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN NEW
  JERSEY.

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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