[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/25/2012 3:04:19 PM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
303 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012
 
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NEW CASTLE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
303 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN... 
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... 
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SOMERSET. IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...EASTERN 
  MONTGOMERY...LOWER BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS... 
  WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY. 

* FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE WATCH
  AREA. WITH THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN, THE REGION HAS BECOME MORE
  VULNERABLE TO STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE
  FLOODING. 

* EXPECT ROADWAYS THAT FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN WHETHER FROM POOR
  DRAINAGE OR STREAMS THEMSELVES TO START FLOODING ON WEDNESDAY
  EVENING AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN ARRIVES. STREAM AMD RIVER FLOODING
  COULD START AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY.
 
* WHILE FLOODING WILL BE CONCENTRATED ON SMALLER STREAMS AND
  CREEKS ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING ALONG
  THE LOWER SCHUYLKILL RIVER AND THE MAIN STEMS OF THE MILLSTONE,
  RARITAN AND PASSAIC RIVERS. THE CHANCES FOR FLOODING ALONG THESE
  RIVERS WOULD INCREASE IF RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEED TWO INCHES.

* FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE NON TIDAL SECTION OF THE
  DELAWARE RIVER NORTH OF TRENTON.
 
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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KRUZDLO/GIGI


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