[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/28/2012 5:06:51 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 280906
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...SANDY WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR
REGION SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...

.POLEWARD MOVING SANDY WILL AGAIN BECOME A POWERFUL STORM AS IT
TURNS WEST ON MONDAY...SLAMMING INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC
COAST LATE MONDAY EVENING. SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING IS LIKELY IN
PORTIONS OF OUR AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DOWN INTO DELAWARE AND EASTERN
MARYLAND WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED.

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-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-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...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...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
506 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... 
  OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SUSSEX... 
  WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...
   CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY... 
  NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* FIVE TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST FROM DELAWARE AND EASTERN
  MARYLAND THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SOUTHERN HALF
  OF NEW JERSEY BY 2 AM TUESDAY. FURTHER NORTH FROM THE LEHIGH
  VALLEY ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...LESSER AMOUNTS OF TWO TO 5
  INCHES IS FORECAST.

* HEAVY RAINS PROBABLY BEGIN SOMETIME TODAY OR TONIGHT FROM
  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DOWN INTO DELAWARE AND EASTERN MARYLAND. THE
  WORST WILL BE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW EVENING WHEN SQUALLY
  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAN PRODUCE ONE HALF TO 1 INCH RAINS FOR
  SEVERAL HOURS THROUGHOUT THE FLOOD WATCH AREA.

* SMALL STREAM FLOODING...AS WELL AS CONSIDERABLE URBAN AND POOR
  DRAINAGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND LAST
  WELL INTO MONDAY NIGHT. LARGER MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING SHOULD
  FOLLOW BY TUESDAY...EVEN AS THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ABATED WITH
  SANDY'S WESTWARD PASSAGE INTO PENNSYLVANIA. LEAVES WILL TEND TO
  GET WASHED INTO STORM DRAINS WHICH WILL ENHANCE LOCALIZED
  FLOODING. 

* CONFIDENCE...HIGH CONFIDENCE IS EXPRESSED BY THE ENSEMBLE OF
  CONSUMER MODELS THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR FROM THE
  PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA...INCLUDING SURROUNDING SOUTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH
  DELAWARE AND EASTERN MARYLAND. 

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...INCLUDING
FOLLOWING DETOURS AND LIVING COMFORTABLY WITH SUBSTANTIAL TRAVEL
INCONVENIENCE DUE TO FLOODED ROADS.

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