[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/10/2011 3:56:19 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 100855
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-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-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...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...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
355 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND
  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...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
  OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SUSSEX...
  WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...
  CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
  NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...AND
  CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
  FALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  SHOULD AVERAGE ONE AND ONE HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES WITH
  LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

* THE ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW 
  LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS TO 
  RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE RUNOFF SHOULD 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 WILL NOT RETURN TO 
  NORMAL FLOW BEFORE THIS NEXT RAIN STORM. 

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 FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. PLEASE MAKE ALL
THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TODAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCED FLOODING
WITH THE LAST EVENT THE COURSE OF LEAST REGRET WOULD BE TO
PREPARE FOR IT AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN THE
LIKELIHOOD EXISTS FOR THIS UPCOMING EVENT TO AFFECT EVEN MORE
WATERWAYS AND CAUSE POSSIBLY HIGHER CRESTS.

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