[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/8/2011 4:18:58 AM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
418 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2011
 
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
418 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2011

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST 
 MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE 
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN 
 NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...
 GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
 NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND 
 WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...
 CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
 NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY AGAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. BEST TIMING
  ESTIMATE IS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS
  COULD AVERAGE ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS
  POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. THESE AMOUNTS
  SHOULD BE VIEWED AS PRELIMINARY. PLEASE LOOK FOR FURTHER
  UPDATES IN THE COMING DAYS.
 
* THE ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS LIKELY WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
  LOW LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
  RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE RUNOFF COULD ALSO CAUSE FLOODING
  ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE RARITAN, DELAWARE AND
  SCHUYLKILL WITH THE PASSAIC RIVER BASIN THE MOST VULNERABLE TO
  ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

* WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER BY FRIDAY MORNING, THE
  EFFECTS FROM THE FLOODING COULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL 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. IF YOU HAVE OR ARE
EXPERIENCING FLOODING WITH THE LAST EVENT THE COURSE OF LEAST REGRET
WOULD BE TO PREPARE FOR IT AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THIS EVENT TO AFFECT MORE WATERWAYS AND
CAUSE POSSIBLY HIGHER CRESTS.

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