[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/27/2012 4:52:28 AM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
451 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL MULTIPLE IMPACTS
ON THE MID ATLANTIC STATES INCLUDING FLOODING BY MONDAY...

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
451 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND... 
  NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... 
  IN DELAWARE...DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW 
  CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD... 
  QUEEN ANNES AND TALBOT. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC 
  COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL ATLANTIC... 
  COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER... 
  HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... 
  OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND WESTERN 
  MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CHESTER... 
  DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT

* FOUR TO 8 INCHES OF WIND SWEPT RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
  AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER DELAWARE...MARYLANDS EASTERN
  SHORE... SOUTHEASTERN  PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW
  JERSEY BETWEEN LATE SUNDAY AND LATE MONDAY EVENING.

* ALL THIS RAIN WILL BE IN ADVANCE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WHICH
  WILL BECOME A POWERFUL STORM HEADING ASHORE SOMEWHERE IN OR
  NEAR NEW JERSEY MONDAY NIGHT.

* UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AS TO THE NORTHWARD EXTENT OF THE FOUR INCH
  AMOUNTS. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN IS IN
  DELAWARE AND MARYLANDS EASTERN SHORE.

* POCKETS OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND CONSIDERABLE URBAN FLOODING
  SHOULD DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND THEN GROW INTO LARGER MAINSTEM
  RIVER FLOODING LATE MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT.


* IF THE STORM MOVES FASTER THAN CURRENTLY PREDICTED ...FLOOD
  POTENTIAL WOULD BEGIN SOONER. 


* PRESUMING THE FORECAST RAINFALL OCCURS...THE LARGER SLOWER RESPONDING
  RIVER FLOODING COULD LAST SEVERAL DAYS.

* AT THIS TIME IT IS FAR TOO EARLY TO SPECIFY RIVERS AND
  PARTICULAR BASINS THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. 


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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