[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/28/2011 4:15:52 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 280914
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
414 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

NJZ008>010-015-PAZ060-061-067>071-282100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MERCER-BERKS-LEHIGH-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
TRENTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
414 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MORRIS 
  AND SOMERSET. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CHESTER...
  DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
  DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. RAIN WILL FALL IN TWO PERIODS. THE
  FIRST WILL RUN THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SECOND WILL FALL
  LATER TODAY INTO MONDAY EVENING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

* FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ON THE LARGER RIVERS.

  FLOODING IS MORE PROBABLE ALONG SMALLER RIVERS...CREEKS AND  
  STREAMS. FLOODING IS ALSO MORE PROBABLE ACROSS LOW-LYING AREAS
  AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...ESPECIALLY IF THUNDERSTORMS
  DEVELOP.

  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END AROUND MIDNIGHT  
  MONDAY... SOME OF THE STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL NOT CREST UNTIL
  THE PREDAWN HOURS ON TUESDAY. STAY INFORMED AFTER THE RAINS END.
  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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