[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/22/2011 3:44:00 AM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
343 AM EDT THU SEP 22 2011

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
343 AM EDT THU SEP 22 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH 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...EASTERN 
  MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX... 
  MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX...
   WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...
  BUCKS... CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY...
  NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY
  THROUGH SATURDAY. THE GROUND REMAINS WET FROM THE HEAVY RAINS
  THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MONTH AND ARE LIMITED IN THEIR
  ABILITY TO ABSORB MUCH RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF
  ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCAL FOUR
  INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING WILL INCLUDE...SMALL STREAM FLOODING,
  ROAD AND BASEMENT FLOODING. LARGER RIVERS MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE
  THE RAINFALL WITH OUT SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING, BUT THEY MAY RUN
  HIGH AND POSSIBLY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE IF HIGHER RAINFALL
  TOTALS OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 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.

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