[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/1/2013 3:43:15 AM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
342 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
 
DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-070-
071-101>106-012000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0007.130801T1400Z-130802T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...
KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
342 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE... 
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN 
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN... 
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... 
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND 
  WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...CARBON...DELAWARE...EASTERN 
  CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...MONROE...
   NORTHAMPTON...PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER 
  AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY. 

* FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY. WHILE GENERAL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE
  ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES, SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS REACHING
  THREE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIER RAIN POTENTIAL
  SHOULD START IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND LATER THIS MORNING AND
  THEN SPREAD INTO THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF
  THE AFTERNOON.

* EXPECT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS WITH A GREATER IMPACT ON COMMUTING AS WE MOVE
  THROUGH TODAY. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD FLOOD,
  ESPECIALLY IF SIMILAR AREAS THAT HAD HEAVY RAIN ON SUNDAY
  EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN TODAY.
 

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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