[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 2/20/2014 3:09:55 PM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
309 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

DEZ001-NJZ008>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ070-071-101>106-211100-
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NEW CASTLE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
309 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN... 
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... 
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SOMERSET. IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...EASTERN 
  MONTGOMERY...LOWER BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS... 
  WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY. 

* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...RELATIVELY HIGH DEW POINT
  TEMPERATURES...RAIN AND WIND...WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SNOW MELT
  AND RUNOFF ON FRIDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIC MODELS
  INDICATE THIS RUNOFF MAY CAUSE NUMEROUS STREAMS AND RIVERS IN
  THE WATCH AREA TO APPROACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. ANOTHER FACTOR
  TO CONSIDER IS RIVER ICE...WHICH MAY BREAK UP AND MOVE WITH
  INCREASED STREAM FLOW...ADDING TO THE FLOOD THREAT IF ICE JAMS
  HAPPEN TO FORM.

* IN ADDITION TO STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING...URBAN AND POOR
  DRAINAGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE SNOW AND ICE
  CLOG STORM DRAINS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON FRIDAY DUE TO
  EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.


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.

BASEMENT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO RAIN FALLING ON FROZEN
GROUND. IF YOUR HOME HAS A HISTORY OF BASEMENT FLOODING, MONITOR
YOUR SUMP PUMP FOR PROPER OPERATION, AND IF POSSIBLE, DIRECT
OUTSIDE WATER FLOW AWAY FROM YOUR HOME.

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