[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/7/2011 4:30:35 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 070829
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
429 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN PROBABLE THROUGH TONIGHT...

.RAINFALL THROUGH 2 AM THIS MORNING HAS RANGED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES
OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS HAS CAUSED
EXTENSIVE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. SEVERAL MAIN-STEM RIVERS WERE IN
MINOR FLOOD AND PROJECTING MODERATE FLOOD BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS MAY WORSEN OR PROLONG THE FLOOD SITUATION
INTO TONIGHT AND SO THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CONTINUED.


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067>071-072000-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-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...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
429 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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...SALEM... 
  SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE... 
  LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THIS WATCH INCLUDES MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN AND 
  CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND EXTREME 
  NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. 

* BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS TODAY WITH ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL BE CONCENTRATED FROM EASTERN MARYLAND NORTHWARD THROUGH
  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THERE MAY BE A
  RESPITE FROM THE HEAVY SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON FROM PHILADELPHIA
  NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. 

* TONIGHT...THE BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS MAY BECOME MORE EXTENSIVE
  WITH CONCERN FOR A CONCENTRATED REGION OF HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST
  NEW JERSEY.

* NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA BETWEEN 6 AM TODAY AND
  6 AM THURSDAY SHOULD RANGE FROM ONE HALF INCH OR SO IN MUCH OF
  THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OVER EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NEW JERSEY.

* SINCE THE GROUND IS BASICALLY SATURATED...ANY HEAVY RAIN IS
  MOSTLY RUNOFF AND SMALL STREAMS ARE RESPONDING QUICKLY WITH
  RENEWED SHARP RISES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLOODING
BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
RENEWED FLOOD WARNINGS OR UPGRADES TO HIGHER CATEGORY RISKS. IF YOU
LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING...BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. DON'T
WALK OR PLAY ALONG STREAM BANKS WHICH ARE EXCEEDINGLY SLIPPERY. 

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DRAG


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