[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/22/2011 9:37:38 PM

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
937 PM EDT THU SEP 22 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-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...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
937 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

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...
   CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND 
  PHILADELPHIA. 

* FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY
  INTO A PORTION OF SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH RAINS ARE
  EXPECTED... ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SMALL
  CHANCE PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MIGHT ESCAPE WITH LESS THAN
  2 INCHES OF RAIN.

* THE GROUND REMAINS SOGGY AND WET FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT
  OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH LIMITED ABSORPTION CAPACITY
  FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR THROUGH NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

* 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. 

* FURTHER SOUTHEAST...ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND MUCH
  OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE..IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE RAINFALL
  IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES IN 6 HOURS TO CAUSE ANYTHING MORE THAN
  POCKETS OF SUBSTANTIAL BASEMENT AND HIGHWAY FLOODING. THE FLOOD
  RISKS APPEAR TO BE LESS THERE THAN COMPARED TO THE WILMINGTON...
  PHILADELPHIA...NEW BRUNSWICK CORRIDOR INTO NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* THE RAIN APPEARS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN AT LEAST TWO SUBSTANTIAL
  BATCHES...ONE DURING MIDDAY FRIDAY WHEN 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
  FORECAST WITHIN A 6 HOUR PERIOD. ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN
  SHOULD OCCUR LATER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY THAT COULD PRODUCE
  ANOTHER 1 TO 3 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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