[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/6/2011 8:50:10 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 070049
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
849 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011



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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
849 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...MORRIS...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN NORTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE. 

* UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY

* RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.2 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF
  THE POCONOS THIS PAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BAND OR TWO OF
  HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
  OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MAY FOCUS OCCASIONALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN
  OVER A SMALL PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. IT WOULD TAKE
  ABOUT 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 3 HOURS LESS TO CAUSE ISOLATED POCKETS
  OF FLOODING.

* PROBABILISTICALLY...THE CHANCE OF REACHING OR EXCEEDING 3 INCHES
  OVERNIGHT IN ONE OR 2 COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA IS LOW TO
  MODERATE. THIS IS NOT A WATCH FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING BUT IF '
  HEAVY RAINS OCCUR...ISOLATED INSTANCES OF SMALL STREAM AND
  SIGNIFICANT STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING COULD OCCUR BY
  DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

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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DRAG