[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 4/28/2011 12:18:16 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 281617
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1217 PM 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 PRECEDING
AND ACCOMPANYING IT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

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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
1217 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT 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.

* UNTIL 10 PM EDT 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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