[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/9/2014 4:23:46 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 090923
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
423 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014

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MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-PHILADELPHIA-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
PHILADELPHIA...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
423 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 THIS EVENING

* 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 THIS
  MORNING. THEREFORE...THE ICE JAM MAY NOT BREAK UNTIL LATER
  TODAY... AT THE EARLIEST.

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. PLEASE EVACUATE IF TOLD
TO DO SO BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

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