[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/9/2013 8:03:44 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 091203
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
803 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013
 

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-061-062-100200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0008.130809T1203Z-130810T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON
803 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...
   HUNTERDON...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON. 

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT.
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TODAY MAKING THIS AREA THE MOST
  VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
  AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH, BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
  COULD EXCEED THREE INCHES.
 
* OTHER AREAS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW
  JERSEY NOT IN THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAVE A LESSER
  CHANCE, BUT NOT A ZERO CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING
  LATER TODAY. THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.

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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GIGI