[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/27/2013 3:44:52 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 271943
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
343 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013

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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN
343 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS
  EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
  OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ISOLATED 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE IN AN HOURS TIME. WHERE THE HEAVY SHOWERS CAN REPEAT IN
  TWO EPISODES...LOCALLY 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WHERE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OCCURS IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES
  TONIGHT... LOCAL FLASH FLOODING WOULD OCCUR INCLUDING
  SUBSTANTIAL URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

* A COUPLE OF SMALL STREAMS MAY RAPIDLY RISE AND EXCEED FLOOD
  STAGE LATER THIS EVENING. 

* RAIN FREE WEATHER FOR A LARGE PORTION OF FRIDAY SHOULD ALLOW
  RECOVERY FROM ANY FLOODING THAT OCCURS TONIGHT.



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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DRAG