[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/13/2013 2:45:40 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 130645
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
245 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...

.A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST IS
FORECAST TO PASS OVER OUR REGION TODAY. A COLD FRONT FROM THE
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WITH
THE LOW AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY. LOCALLY
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY.

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
070-071-101>106-132000-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-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...FREEHOLD...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
245 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CECIL COUNTY IN MARYLAND AND NEW CASTLE
  COUNTY IN DELAWARE. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE
  PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF CARBON...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...
  LEHIGH...BERKS...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA AND
  DELAWARE...AND THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF SUSSEX...WARREN...
  MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMSERSET...MIDDLESEX...MERCER...WESTERN
  MONMOUTH...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND
  SALEM.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE
  ANTICIPATED FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
  LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES EXPECTED. MUCH OF THE
  RAIN WILL FALL IN A TWO OR THREE HOUR TIME FRAME.

* THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO LEAVE
  THEIR BANKS. ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FLOODING IN
  AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

YOU SHOULD CHECK THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
LOCATION.

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