[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/25/2011 10:02:39 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 251501
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1001 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 SNOW MELT...WILL ALSO ADD TO THE FLOOD THREAT.

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CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
1001 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. MOST OF THE RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA HAS ENDED. ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO
CAUSE FLOODING.

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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON
1001 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND 
 NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
 CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER. IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
 MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN 
 NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE DURING
  THE WATCH PERIOD...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING 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 RIVER.

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

 SNOW MELT AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO ADD TO THE FLOOD THREAT.

 ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END BY THIS 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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