[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/22/2011 3:08:46 PM

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

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KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...
ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST
308 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2011

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST 
  MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN DELAWARE...DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX AND 
  KENT. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES 
  AND TALBOT. IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC 
  COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAPE MAY...COASTAL ATLANTIC...COASTAL 
  OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...OCEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON. 

* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY
  THROUGH SATURDAY. IF STORM TOTAL RAINFALL EXCEEDS 4 INCHES BY
  LATE SATURDAY...FLOODING COULD RESULT.

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL OCCUR
  THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCAL FIVE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING WILL INCLUDE...ROAD AND BASEMENT
  FLOODING WITH POSSIBLE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. LARGER RIVERS
  SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROCESS THE RAINFALL WITH OUT SUBSTANTIAL
  FLOODING... BUT THEY MAY RUN HIGH AND POSSIBLY APPROACH FLOOD
  STAGE IF FIVE INCH AMOUNTS 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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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
308 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY 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...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 SOGGY AND WET FROM THE
  HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH LIMITED
  ABSORPTION CAPACITY. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE
  INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THIS WATCH AREA THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCAL
  FIVE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THERE IS STILL A SMALL CHANCE THAT
  PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL ESCAPE WITH LESS THAN 2
  INCH STORM TOTALS.

* PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO STORM TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES
  ARE THE COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 78 IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  INCLUSIVE OF MORRIS...SUSSEX AND WARREN AS WELL AS THE URBAN
  AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM WILMINGTON AND
  PHILADELPHIA TO TRENTON AND NEW BRUNSWICK INTO THE READING...
  POTTSTOWN...ALLENTOWN AREA OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

* IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING WILL INCLUDE...ROAD AND BASEMENT
  FLOODING...AND A FEW SMALL STREAMS WILL PROBABLY FLOOD. LARGER
  RIVERS MAY BE ABLE PROCESS THE RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED RUNOFF
  WITH OUT SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING.. EVEN SO...SEVERAL OF THE MAIN
  STEM RIVERS MAY RUN HIGH AND POSSIBLY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE IF
  BASIN RAINFALL AVERAGES 4 INCHES.


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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