[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/10/2014 3:17:37 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 100817
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
317 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014
 
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MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-PHILADELPHIA-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
PHILADELPHIA...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
317 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH 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.

* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* THE ICE JAM ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER IN TRENTON HAS WEAKENED.
  UPSTREAM WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN STEADILY DROPPING AND CLOSED
  ROADWAYS HAVE REOPENED. PLEASE LOOK FOR UPDATES AS THE JAM MIGHT
  STRENGTHEN AGAIN BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATER
  TODAY.

* ON SATURDAY RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF
  THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. EVENT PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE
  EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE
  JAMS AND HEAVY RAIN RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
  RIVERS IN THE AREA.

* EXPECT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING TO IMPACT TRAVEL ON SATURDAY.
  FLOODING ON CREEKS AND RIVER MIGHT LAST INTO SUNDAY IF HEAVY
  RAIN OCCURS.

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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070-101>105-102200-
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/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-CARBON-MONROE-
BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...
NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE
317 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SALEM...
  SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...CARBON...DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...
  EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...UPPER
  BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY.

* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* ON SATURDAY RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF
  THUNDERSTORMS. EVENT PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO
  AVERAGE 1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE JAMS AND
  HEAVY RAIN RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS IN
  THE AREA.

* EXPECT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING TO IMPACT TRAVEL ON SATURDAY.
  FLOODING ON CREEKS AND RIVER MIGHT LAST INTO SUNDAY IF HEAVY
  RAIN OCCURS.

* PRIOR TO SATURDAY SOME ICE JAMS MIGHT CAUSE FLOODING TODAY AND
  TONIGHT. THE CHANCES WILL START DECREASING AS TEMPERATURES RISE
  ABOVE FREEZING LATER TODAY.
 
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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