[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/23/2011 9:14:37 PM

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

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KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...WHARTON STATE FOREST
914 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS
MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA AND NO ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED.

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241000-
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NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
914 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW 
  CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...COASTAL OCEAN...EASTERN MONMOUTH... 
  HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...OCEAN...SOMERSET... 
  SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA... 
  BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH... 
  MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY

* THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL CLEAR MOST OF THE WATCH AREA BY MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT, BUT RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN MIGHT NECESSITATE
  ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND HAVE ONGOING FLOODING PERSIST THROUGH
  THE NIGHT. THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING, RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE REACHED
  AS HIGH AS THREE INCHES IN PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AROUND AN INCH 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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