[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/29/2012 5:11:48 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 290910
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...SANDY WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR
REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE RUNOFF STILL SWELLING RIVERS 
TUESDAY AND BEYOND.

.SANDY WILL SLAM INTO THE NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING WITH FLOOD 
PRODUCING RAINFALL FROM SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE
PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA...ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...ALL
OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE.

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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
510 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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. 

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* FOUR TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION
  BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM THE
  PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD. RAINFALL OVER THE
  POCONOS INTO FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST
  LATER TODAY AND TOTALS BY TOMORROW MORNING SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN
  2 AND 4 INCHES.

* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE PHILADELPHIA...
  WILMINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS AS WELL AS MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE
  AND THE REMAINDER OF DELAWARE. 

* BANDS OF SQUALLY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES
  NEAR 1 INCH FOR SEVERAL HOURS...FORCING VERY FAST RISES OF SMALL
  STREAMS...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET
  FLOODING. BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LEAVES WILL TEND
  TO GET WASHED INTO STORM DRAINS, WHICH WILL LOCALLY ENHANCE THE
  FLOODING. PLAN ON SOME ROAD CLOSURES AND PROBABLE DELAYS
  REACHING YOUR DESTINATION.

* SOME OF THE LARGER MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL
  TUESDAY OR BEYOND...HOWEVER THIS DEPENDS ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST
  RAIN ACTUALLY OCCURS.



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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