[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/13/2011 3:11:57 PM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

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140315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0010.110813T2200Z-110815T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
310 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF CARBON, MONROE,
  NORTHAMPTON, LEHIGH, BERKS, BUCKS, MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE
  AND PHILADELPHIA, THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF SUSSEX, WARREN,
  MORRIS, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX AND MERCER, FOR NEW
  CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE AND FOR CECIL COUNTY IN MARYLAND.

* THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

* A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO THE
  EARLY PART OF THE NEW WEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  ANTICIPATED WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MUCH OF THE REGION WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* THE FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG
  STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

BE SURE TO CHECK FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS
PRONE TO FLOODING, BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING
DEVELOPS.

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