[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/8/2014 10:22:07 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 081521
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1021 AM EST WED JAN 8 2014


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MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-PHILADELPHIA-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
PHILADELPHIA...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
1021 AM EST WED JAN 8 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR AREAS
ADJACENT TO THE DELAWARE RIVER DUE TO AN ICE JAM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA...ADJACENT TO THE DELAWARE RIVER...INCLUDING MERCER
  AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY...AND LOWER
  BUCKS AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* AN ICE JAM HAS DEVELOPED ON THE DELAWARE RIVER NEAR TRENTON.
  THIS HAS RESULTED IN A FEW MILES OF NEAR BANK FULL CONDITIONS
  NORTH OF THE ICE JAM. WHEN THIS ICE JAM BREAKS...THERE MAY BE
  ENOUGH WATER BEHIND THE JAM TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM.

* TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING TODAY AND
  TONIGHT...SO THE ICE JAM MAY NOT BREAK UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.

* THOUGH IT IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE HOW HIGH THE
  WATER LEVELS WILL RISE ONCE THE ICE JAM BREAKS...THERE IS A RISK
  FOR FLASH FLOODING.

* NAVIGATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS DOCKS, COULD BE AFFECTED
  BY THE RELEASE.

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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JOHNSON