[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 6/29/2013 3:36:09 PM

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013


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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...
NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...
DOYLESTOWN
334 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE... 
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW 
  CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY... 
  CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND 
  SALEM. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...EASTERN 
  CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LOWER BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA... 
  UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY. 

* FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* LOCATIONS INCLUDED ARE THE CITIES AND URBAN CORRIDOR FROM
  WILMINGTON THROUGH PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON AND ALL AREAS THAT
  RECEIVED FLOODING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THAT INCLUDES CHESTER
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH NORTHERN CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND...NORTHERN
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE INTO GLOUCESTER...SALEM...CAMDEN AND
  BURLINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* RECORD JUNE RAINFALL OF 9 TO 12 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN MUCH OF
  THE WATCH AREA AND SOILS ARE NEARLY SATURATED. 

* BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH
  AREA SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RAINS
  FOR AN HOUR OR TWO IN A COUPLE OF EPISODES...ESPECIALLY EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING AND AGAIN LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONLY AN
  INCH OF RAIN IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING WHICH WOULD
  MAKE SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE AS WELL AS FORCE FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS.

* A FEW SPOTS WITHIN THIS WATCH AREA SHOULD HAVE TWO TO THREE INCHES
  OF NEW RAINFALL BY MONDAY EVENING.

* URBAN POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS WELL AS BASEMENT FLOODING MAY
  BECOME COMMON.

* BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE TRAVEL DELAYS AND DETOURS AT TIMES IN
  LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS IF THESE EXCESSIVE RAINS
  DEVELOP.

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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