[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/8/2011 3:27:41 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 082027
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2011

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060>062-067>071-091000-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
327 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2011

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RAIN MAY BEGIN 
  AS EARLY AS OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER, 
  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY THURSDAY 
  INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COULD AVERAGE AS MUCH AS  
  TWO TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE, 
  ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. THESE AMOUNTS SHOULD BE 
  VIEWED AS PRELIMINARY, SO PLEASE LOOK FOR FURTHER UPDATES IN THE 
  COMING DAYS.

* THE ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 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. THE PASSAIC RIVER IS THE MOST VULNERABLE DUE TO
  ONGOING FLOODING. THE RARITAN, DELAWARE AND SCHUYLKILL RIVERS ALSO
  ARE VULNERABLE. MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT HIGHER THAN
  NORMAL LEVELS AND MAY NOT RETURN TO NORMAL FLOW BEFORE THIS NEXT
  RAIN STORM. 

* WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END BY FRIDAY MORNING, THE
  EFFECTS FROM THE FLOODING WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND OR
  LONGER FOR LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE LARGER, SLOWER-RESPONSE
  RIVERS. 

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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