[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 09:34:09.5768

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
933 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016


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KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON
933 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN DELAWARE...
  DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX AND KENT. IN NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...CAROLINE...QUEEN ANNES AND TALBOT.

* FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* RAIN WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
  BECOME TO MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. AN EXCESSIVE
  AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL ABOUT A WEEK AGO IN THESE SPOTS LEADING TO
  AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WITH ANY EXCESSIVE
  RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 2-4
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  IN SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE. A VERY TIGHT CUTOFF WILL BE PRESENT
  BETWEEN AREAS THAT SEE THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THOSE WHO SEE
  LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL ON THE NORTH AND WEST EDGES OF THE
  WATCH AREA.

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.

BASEMENT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON SOILS
ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. IF YOUR HOME HAS A HISTORY
OF BASEMENT FLOODING, MONITOR YOUR SUMP PUMP FOR PROPER OPERATION
AND IF POSSIBLE, DIRECT OUTSIDE WATER FLOW AWAY FROM YOUR HOUSE

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GAINES


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