[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/24/2011 3:02:45 PM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011

...FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL 
TRACK NORTHEAST AND MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE LOW. THESE THUNDERSTORMS, WITH THEIR
BRIEF PERIODS OF INTENSE RAIN, ALONG WITH SNOWMELT, WILL ALSO ADD
TO THE FLOOD THREAT.

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-251115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0001.110225T1200Z-110226T1300Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-
MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
302 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
  MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
  WATCH PERIOD, WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING FROM FRIDAY'S PRE-
  DAWN HOURS THROUGH THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS.

* OF THE LARGER RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA, THE PASSAIC AND RARITAN    
  WILL SEE THE GREATEST RISE IN WATER LEVELS WITH THIS EVENT AND     
  NEED TO BE MONITORED. 

  FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE DELAWARE, THE LEHIGH OR THE     
  SCHUYLKILL RIVER. 

  FLOODING IS MORE PROBABLE ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS AND IN  
  AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE WHERE THE HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE IS ALWAYS     
  GREATER.

  SNOWMELT AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO ADD TO THE FLOOD THREAT.

  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END BY FRIDAY EVENING, SOME OF
  THE STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL NOT CREST UNTIL SATURDAY. STAY
  INFORMED AFTER THE RAINS END FRIDAY. THE FLOOD THREAT COULD BE
  DELAYED AND OCCUR AT A LATER TIME.

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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