[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 03:39:38.8120

Wed Apr 5 03:39:38 EDT 2017

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
338 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017

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New Castle-Cecil-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern Burlington-
Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Delaware-Philadelphia-
Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-
Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Elkton, Pennsville,
Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly,
Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton,
Media, Philadelphia, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester,
Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale,
Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
338 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has expanded the

* Flood Watch to include New Castle County in Delaware, Cecil
  County in Maryland, Salem, Gloucester, Camden, and northwestern
  Burlington Counties in New Jersey, and Carbon, Monroe, Berks,
  Lehigh, Northampton, Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia,
  Montgomery, and Bucks Counties in Pennsylvania.

* From Thursday morning through Friday afternoon.

* Rain with embedded thunderstorms is forecast to overspread the
  region on Thursday. Rain will likely be heavy at times,
  especially Thursday morning into early afternoon.

* Rainfall totals of one to two inches with isolated three inch
  amounts are expected. This will be the third rainfall event in
  the last week. The ground remains wet, and rivers and streams
  continue to run high.

* The moderate to heavy rain will likely result in some roadway
  flooding along with flooding in areas of poor drainage on
  Thursday. Isolated instances of flash flooding may occur,
  especially in urban areas. Some small streams and creeks may
  leave their banks Thursday afternoon into Thursday night. Minor
  to moderate flooding could then occur along a number of larger
  rivers late Thursday night into Friday. The river flooding could
  persist through the weekend.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
Flood Warnings. If you live in an area prone to flooding, be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

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Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-
Western Monmouth-Mercer-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Morristown,
Flemington, Somerville, New Brunswick, Freehold, and Trenton
338 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

The Flood Watch is now in effect for

* The New Jersey counties of Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon,
  Somerset, Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth.