[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/8/2011 5:10:54 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 080910
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...ADDITIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY...

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-082200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0012.000000T0000Z-110908T2200Z/
/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
510 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

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...SALEM... 
  SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE... 
  LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
  CONTINUE TODAY OVER THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
  OF AN INCH ALREADY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, AND
  SEVERAL AREAS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA HAVE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF
  FOUR INCHES. TODAY, SOME AREAS WILL SEE IN EXCESS OF AN
  ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES. FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WARNINGS WERE
  ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING AND MORE MAY BE ISSUED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE LIKELIHOOD 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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