[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 7/23/2013 3:50:40 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 230749
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
349 AM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH TODAY...

.ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY
FROM MIDDAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN TO OCCUR.

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232000-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...
OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...
POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...
MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
349 AM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW 
  JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN... 
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... 
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX... 
  WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS... 
  DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH... 
  LOWER BUCKS...NORTHAMPTON...PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS... 
  WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY. 

* THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* SEVERAL AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS MORNING PICKED UP
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. SOME ADDITIONAL
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE
  COURSE OF TODAY, SOME OF WHICH CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
  RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
 
* THE SATURATED GROUND COMBINED WITH TIMES OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAINFALL CAN RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF
  POOR DRAINAGE. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OCCURS OVER AN AREA THAT
  PREVIOUSLY PICKED UP VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, THE THREAT FOR FLASH
  FLOODING WILL INCREASE.

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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