[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/26/2012 3:34:54 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 260834
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

DEZ001-NJZ008>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ070-071-101>106-262200-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
334 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 THIS 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 LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN ARRIVES. STREAM
  AMD RIVER FLOODING COULD START AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
  PERSIST INTO THURSDAY.

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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