[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/23/2011 3:27:41 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 231927
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

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CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
327 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CARBON AND MONROE. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND THROUGH A PORTION
  OF SATURDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH RAINS HAVE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF THE
  POCONOS AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY.

* THE GROUND REMAINS SOGGY AND WET FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT
  OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MONTH...AND THERE IS LIMITED ABSORPTION
  CAPACITY. 

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-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
327 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* PERIODS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR INTO
  TONIGHT AND A PORTION OF SATURDAY. THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN. INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH
  RAINS ARE EXPECTED AND ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. 

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

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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GIGI/MIKETTA/MEOLA