[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/26/2011 4:12:47 PM

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE THREATENS THE AREA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...

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055-060>062-067>071-271000-
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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
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* HEAVY AND POSSIBLY RECORD SETTING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE
  SATURDAY TO SUNDAY TIME FRAME MAY RESULT IN MAJOR FLOODING
  ACROSS NEW JERSEY...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE AND THE
  MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM
  ABOUT 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 

* SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID 
  FLOODING. THE RARITAN AND SCHUYLKILL RIVERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL 
  TO REACT RATHER QUICKLY AND ALSO ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  FLOODING. THE DELAWARE...SUSQUEHANNA...RANCOCAS AND PASSAIC 
  RIVERS REACT MORE SLOWLY...BUT THEY ALSO ARE HIGHLY 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. 

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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