[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/5/2012 3:50:45 AM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
349 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

NJZ001-007>010-012-PAZ054-055-062-052100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0003.120805T1800Z-120806T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-CARBON-MONROE-
NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
349 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY... 
  HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX
  AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON.

* FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* MOIST UNSTABLE AIR FLOWING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
  WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY LATER THIS
  AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS
  RECEIVING MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS
  COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

* THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS OVER PORTIONS OF
  NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...GENERALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. 

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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