[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/26/2013 3:24:49 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 261924
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN
324 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...MORRIS...SUSSEX AND WARREN. 

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
  PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING. WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS, 1 TO 2 WITH
  LOCALLY 3 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE.

* ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE    
  FLOODING.

* ALTHOUGH MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE PASSAIC, RARITAN, AND THE     
  DELAWARE COULD RISE A COUPLE FEET, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN     
  WITHIN THEIR BANKS.

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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