[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/4/2012 6:31:28 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 041031
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
631 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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

.A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER 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
631 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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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