[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/28/2012 4:32:50 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 282032
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
432 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...SANDY WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS OUR REGION TONIGHT 
AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...

.NORTHWARD MOVING SANDY WILL BECOME A POWERFUL NOR'EASTER AS IT 
TURNS WESTWARD ON MONDAY. THIS WILL SLAM INTO THE NEW JERSEY COAST 
LATER MONDAY EVENING. SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED,
ESPECIALLY FROM THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD.

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055-060>062-067>071-291000-
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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
432 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT 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 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* A TOTAL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS THE REGION,
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY FROM THE PHILADELPHIA
  METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD.

* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT, FIRST
  FROM SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND EASTERN MARYLAND, THEN
  NORTH AND WESTWARD LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE WORST WILL BE
  MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WHEN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAN PRODUCE HOURLY
  RAINFALL RATES TO NEAR 1 INCH FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

* SMALL STREAM FLOODING, AS WELL AS CONSIDERABLE URBAN AND POOR
  DRAINAGE FLOODING, IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND
  LAST THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME LARGER MAIN
  STEM RIVER FLOODING TUESDAY OR LATER, HOWEVER THIS WILL
  ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN ACTUALLY FALLS.
  LEAVES WILL TEND TO GET WASHED INTO STORM DRAINS, WHICH WILL
  LOCALLY ENHANCE THE 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, INCLUDING FOLLOWING 
DETOURS AND LIVING COMFORTABLY WITH SUBSTANTIAL TRAVEL INCONVENIENCE 
DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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