[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 10/29/2012 1:24:46 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 291723
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
123 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR REGION
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH THE RUNOFF SWELLING RIVERS FOR
TUESDAY AND BEYOND.

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

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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
123 PM 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

* SO FAR...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS
  OF DELAWARE AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. WITH MORE HEAVY
  RAIN ON THE WAY...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 10
  INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION BY
  DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE
  PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA SOUTHWARD. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE
  OVER THE POCONOS INTO FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY THIS  AFTERNOON...AND
  STORM TOTALS BY TUESDAY 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.

* THE USGS HAS ISSUED A LANDSLIDE ALERT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
  THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY TRIGGER LANDSLIDES ON COASTAL
  BLUFFS...MODERATE TO STEEP SLOPES AND LOCAL LANDSLIDE PRONE
  AREAS OF NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. SOME LANDSLIDES MAY BE DAMAGING AND/OR
  POSE A THREAT TO LIFE SAFETY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE...AS
  WELL AS POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES.

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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