[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/29/2013 2:51:31 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 291951
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
251 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

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101>106-301100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN 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...SANDY HOOK...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
251 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

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...EASTERN 
  MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX... 
  MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX...
  WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS... 
  CARBON...DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY... 
  LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...PHILADELPHIA... 
  UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY. 

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* A SLOW-MOVING AND POTENT COLD FRONT WILL TAP THE GULF OF MEXICO,
  AND IT IS FORECAST TO GENERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE AND 
  TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN
  PROLONGED AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOREOVER, THUNDERSTORMS MAY
  DEVELOP.  

* PROLONGED AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WOULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME
  LOCATIONS. ROAD FLOODING IS LIKELY. SINCE THE GROUND IS FROZEN
  JUST BELOW THE SURFACE AND PLANTS ARE TAKING IN VERY LITTLE
  WATER, HEAVY RAINFALL WILL NOT BE ABSORBED. ANY LINGERING SNOW ON
  THE GROUND NORTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA WOULD MELT AND EXACERBATE
  RUNOFF. 

* FLOODING OF SMALLER AND MORE FLASHY CREEKS AND STREAMS ALSO IS
  POSSIBLE. MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY.

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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