[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/8/2014 5:46:04 PM

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WGUS61 KPHI 082245
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 PM 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
545 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...MERCER AND NORTHWESTERN 
  BURLINGTON. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...LOWER BUCKS AND 
  PHILADELPHIA. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* AN ICE JAM CONTINUES ON THE DELAWARE RIVER NEAR TRENTON. THIS
  HAS RESULTED IN FLOODING UPSTREAM TO THE 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 THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...THE ICE JAM MAY NOT BREAK UNTIL
  LATER THURSDAY...AT THE EARLIEST.

* OUTLOOK...THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED EXTENSION THROUGH AT
  LEAST THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY IF THE ICE JAM IS STILL CAUSING
  FLOODING AT 6 AM THURSDAY.

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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