[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/1/2013 12:12:24 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 011611
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1211 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

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PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106-020300-
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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...
KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
1211 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN DELAWARE... 
  DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE. IN 
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES 
  AND TALBOT. 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. 

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* TWO OR THREE MORE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS
  AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. ONE BATCH IS ARRIVING FROM
  THE DELMARVA THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BATCH SHOULD DEVELOP OR
  MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF OUR AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH YET
  ANOTHER ROUND EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEN TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS
  OVER MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

* ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN 30 MINUTES FROM SOME OF THESE
  HEAVY SHOWERS AND THAT EASILY PRODUCES FLOODING IN THE URBAN 
  AREAS.

* URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS WELL AS BASEMENT FLOODING
  WILL DEVELOP....WITH SMALL STREAM FLOODING OCCURRING IN SOME
  PLACES FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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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