[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/4/2012 4:25:14 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 040824
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
424 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...TROPICAL RAINS THREATEN TO PRODUCE POCKETS OF FLASH FLOODING
AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A WARM FRONT ACROSS DELMARVA WILL BE SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH TODAY
AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD NEW YORK STATE.
THE LOW SHOULD TRAIL A WEAK COOL FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO THE DELAWARE
VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. POCKETS OF SHORT DURATION EXCESSIVE RAINS ARE
PROBABLE IN THIS PATTERN...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE BANDS OF SHOWERS
AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY.

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NEW CASTLE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
424 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
  DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... 
  MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM. IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
  PHILADELPHIA. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* GENERAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  IN THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR TRENTON THROUGH THE
  PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE.

* FOR NOW...THE PRIMARY FLOOD THREAT IS FOR SMALL STREAMS AND POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS. BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
  CAN EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOURS TIME. IF A
  BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS LINGERS...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WOULD RESULT
  IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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