[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 04:09:21.1293

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FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
408 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...AREAS OF FLOODING LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO QUEBEC
TODAY. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION
TONIGHT AND BE OFF THE COAST THURSDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF
RAIN AND MELTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE FLOODING NOT ONLY OF POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS BUT A NUMBER OF STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS AS WELL.

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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
408 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY 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 NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

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

* THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL RAINFALL.
  THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE SNOW WILL BE
  MELTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. THAT SNOW MELT RUNOFF OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES COMBINED WITH THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO 1.5 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE REGION OF
  FLOODING CREEKS, STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS. THE RESULTS OF THE
  RUNOFF 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.

&&

$$

DRAG


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