[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 9/4/2012 9:43:21 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 050143
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
943 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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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
943 PM 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 AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT
  ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR
  FROM NEAR TRENTON THROUGH THE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA INTO
  NORTHERN DELAWARE. ISOLATED GREATER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED.

* 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. 

* IT APPEARS THE PRIMARY TIME FOR RENEWED HEAVY SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS WATCH AREA WILL BEGIN NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER
  DAYBREAK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD IN THE
  WATCH AREA FROM MIDDAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.

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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