[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 21:32:45.5319

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FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
931 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016

...FLOODING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO QUEBEC
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BE OFF THE COAST BY
THURSDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTING SNOW COULD
PRODUCE FLOODING.

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
LEHIGH-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
READING...ALLENTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...
OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...
POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...
MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
931 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...MERCER...
  MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET AND
  WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...DELAWARE...EASTERN
  CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...
  PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN
  MONTGOMERY.

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
  COULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD LOW-LYING...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MINOR TO MODERATE RIVER
  FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE
  RARITAN AND PASSAIC BASINS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE
  SCHUYLKILL BASIN IN PENNSYLVANIA. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE
  LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OR NEAR ANY
  FLOODED STREAMS.

* ULTIMATELY THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL
  RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT MOST IF NOT
  ALL OF THE SNOW WILL BE MELTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE
  RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF INTO THE SMALLER RIVERS CREEKS AND
  STREAMS SHOULD BE APPROACHING CREST THURSDAY OR HAVING ALREADY
  PEAKED BY THEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND BE ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS ON WEDNESDAY. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE EVASIVE ACTION
SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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