[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/25/2011 3:45:00 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 250844
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
344 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA TODAY. THE LOW
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE LOW THIS AFTERNOON.
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>071-252100-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0001.110225T0844Z-110226T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.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
344 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
  WATCH PERIOD...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING FROM THE 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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