[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/30/2013 2:55:53 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 301955
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
255 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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101>106-311100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-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...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
255 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... 
  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 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* SCATTERED HEAVY BUT FAST MOVING SHOWERS AREA EXPECTED IN OUR
  AREA TONIGHT. A SUBSTANTIAL SQUALL LINE WILL PROBABLY CROSS THE
  AREA BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE EMBEDDED IN
  THIS LINE.

* ANY PROLONGED HEAVY DOWNPOURS WOULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN 
  SOME LOCATIONS. FROZEN GROUND IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND 
  NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMS ADDS TO 
  THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...AS DOES SOME REMAINING SNOW MELT. 
  POOR DRAINAGE ROAD FLOODING IS 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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