[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/29/2011 3:46:48 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 290746
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-291600-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-110929T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
346 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MORRIS... 
  SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS... 
  BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE... 
  MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* ONE BATCH OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  AFFECT THE NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON...WARREN...
  SUSSEX...SOMERSET AND MORRIS COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 9 AM. THIS
  MAY RESULT IN NEW OR RENEWED FLOODING NEAR DAYBREAK. THIS
  MORNINGS BATCH OF RAIN MAY PRODUCE 1 INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.

* THEN THERE SHOULD BE A BATCH OF BRIEFLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND
  ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM IN EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA... RACING ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 2 PM
  AND 6 PM. THIS BATCH SHOULD PRODUCE SPOTTY ONE HALF TO 1.5 INCH
  RAINS...ESPECIALLY FROM THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND POCONOS INTO
  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THIS COULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE FLOODING THAT
  HAS ALREADY OCCURRED SINCE YESTERDAY. 

* ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA HAS RECEIVED RECORD RAINS FOR THE MONTH
  OF SEPTEMBER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

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