[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/10/2011 3:01:38 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 102001
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
301 PM 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
301 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT. HEAVY
  RAINS ACROSS EASTERN VIRGINIA WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST AFFECTING
  THE AREA AFTER DARK. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS WILL TAPER OFF BY
  DAWN. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE TWO TO THREE
  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 ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN.

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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