[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 15:48:37.2348

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-290400-
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CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...
EASTON...DENTON
348 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD...
  QUEEN ANNES AND TALBOT.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON
  AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. ISOLATED
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. IN GENERAL, ONE TO THREE
  INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, BUT
  LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER
  SHOWERS COULD SEE THEIR RAINFALL AMOUNTS DOUBLE...UP TO SIX
  INCHES.

* WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FALLING EARLIER TODAY ACROSS KENT,
  QUEEN ANNES, AND CAROLINE COUNTIES, THESE LOCATIONS WILL SEE MORE
  RUNOFF IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS.

* IN ALL, A GENERAL THREE TO FIVE INCH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
  THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
  BUT AT THE MOMENT, IT APPEARS THE RAINS WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE
  GREATEST IMPACTS WILL FALL THROUGH TOMORROW.

* IF THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXTENDS BEYOND TOMORROW, ADDITIONAL
  FLASH FLOOD WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED. THE EASTERN SHORE IS
  CURRENTLY ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN. A GREATER
  THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS TO OUR WEST. BUT IF THE RAINFALL
  SHIFTS SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST, THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE
  EASTERN SHORE WILL INCREASE. REMAIN VIGILANT THROUGH SATURDAY.

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.

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