[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 4/28/2011 3:32:06 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 280730
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT TIMES TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THIS EVENING...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING
IT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-061-062-281600-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-
MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
330 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE 
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MERCER...
 MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN 
 PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON.

* FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT
  ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH OF
  RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TODAY. LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY BE NEAR
  ONE AND A HALF INCHES. THE GROUND IS MOSTLY STILL VERY WET...AND
  EXPECTED HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD LEAD TO
  AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

* THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ON STREAMS AND
  CREEKS...AS WELL AS ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
  THE QUICKER-RESPONDING RIVERS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND
  HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EXCEED BANKFULL AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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