[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 4/29/2014 3:46:18 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 291946
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ016>019-PAZ060-070-071-101>104-300915-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...READING...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...
OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...
POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE
346 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...SOUTHWESTERN
  NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS... IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND... CECIL AND KENT MD. IN SOUTHERN NEW
  JERSEY...CAMDEN... GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND
  SALEM. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...DELAWARE...EASTERN
  CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...PHILADELPHIA...WESTERN CHESTER
  AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY.

* FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* FORECAST RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THIS WATCH
  AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS LIKELY TO
  CAUSE AREAS OF AT LEAST MINOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING.
  THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL
  BE...BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE INTERSTATE 95
  CORRIDOR WESTWARD. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SMALL POCKETS OF
  MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING BUT THAT WILL REQUIRE ABOUT 3 INCHES
  OF RAIN IN 6 HOURS OR STORM TOTALS OF 4.5 INCHES.

* HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* THE WATCH EXTENDS INTO THURSDAY...WELL AFTER THE HEAVIEST RAIN
  HAS OCCURRED SINCE ANY FLOODING AND CRESTS OF THE LARGER RIVERS
  WILL LIKELY BE AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

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NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-PAZ054-055-061-062-105-106-300915-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0004.140430T1400Z-140501T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
346 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND PORTIONS OF
  NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW
  JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...
  SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN
  PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON... LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...
  MONROE...NORTHAMPTON AND UPPER BUCKS.

* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* FORECAST RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WEDNESDAY
  AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD RESULT IN POCKETS OF SMALL STREAM
  AND RIVER FLOODING.

* THE WATCH EXTENDS INTO THURSDAY...WELL AFTER THE HEAVIEST RAIN
  HAS OCCURRED SINCE ANY FLOODING AND CRESTS OF THE LARGER RIVERS WILL
  LIKELY BE AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$