[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/8/2011 5:17:55 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 082116
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
516 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT...HIGH MOISTURE
LEVELS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER IN THE ATMOSPHERE...AND SLOW-MOVING
STORMS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-090530-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
516 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 
  AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
  NEW JERSEY...MORRIS...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA... 
  BERKS...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON. 

* UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY

* LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT IN THE MID-
  ATLANTIC REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. RESULTING
  THUNDERSTORMS MAY YIELD RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES IN
  LESS THAN AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRACK ACROSS THE
  SAME AREAS...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED STORM TOTALS
  MAY REACH 3 OR 4 INCHES BY 8 PM TONIGHT.

* HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY CAUSED FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
  NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. WHILE HEAVY RAINS WILL
  END THIS EVENING...RESIDUAL LEFTOVER FLOODING MAY NOT SUBSIDE
  UNTIL SOMETIME DURING THE NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

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090530-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110709T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...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...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
516 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHEAST 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...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... 
  OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND WESTERN 
  MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER... 
  DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY

* LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT IN THE MID- 
  ATLANTIC REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. RESULTING 
  THUNDERSTORMS MAY YIELD RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES IN 
  LESS THAN AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRACK ACROSS 
  THE SAME AREAS...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. 

* HEAVY RAIN OVER URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS OVER HEAVILY TRAVELED 
  HIGHWAYS IN THE I-95 CORRIDOR MAY BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE... 
  IF HEAVY RAIN INDEED IMPACTS THESE LOCATIONS. 

* THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL SUBSIDE IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS
  EVENING BUT SHIFT INTO MUCH OF DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  

* ISOLATED STORM TOTALS MAY REACH 3 OR 4 INCHES BY 10 PM TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
DRAG