[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/1/2013 3:45:35 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 011945
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

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PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106-020800-
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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
345 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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

* ONE OR TWO MORE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND
  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT. TIMING THE
  ONSET OF ANOTHER 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING
  SHOWERS IS UNCERTAIN. SPOTTY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA. THERE APPEARS TO BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR A SOMEWHAT
  MORE WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAIN EPISODE VERY LATE
  TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEN TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS
  OVER MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THE GROUND IS NEARLY
  SATURATED. THIS MONDAY MORNINGS 1 TO 2 INCH RAINS IN 30 TO 60
  MINUTES PRODUCED POCKETS OF FLASH AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN
  PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DELAYS IN PARTS OF THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY
  MORNING DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THERE MAY BE SMALL AREAS
  OF MORE DANGEROUS FLOODING INCLUDING SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

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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