[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 05:50:58.4983

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FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
550 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
550 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 AND NEAR FLOODED
  STREAMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE INTERSTATE 78 CORRIDOR.

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SMALL
  STREAM FLOODING OR A PERIOD OF EXTENSIVE POOR DRAINAGE STREET
  FLOODING. IN PENNSYLVANIA, BERKS, LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON, BUCKS,
  MONTGOMERY, PHILADELPHIA, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND ADJACENT
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE. THEN FOR NEW
  JERSEY...MERCER, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MORRIS

* THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL RAINFALL.
  MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE SNOW WILL BE MELTED BY THURSDAY MORNING.
  THAN 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, THOUGH ONE OR TWO OF THE LARGER AND
  SLOWER TO RESPOND RIVERS MAY REMAIN IN FLOOD INTO FRIDAY.

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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