[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 15:03:15.0253

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
303 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT...

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Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Including the cities of Millville, Hammonton,
and Cape May Court House
303 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has expanded the

* Flood Watch to include a portion of southern New Jersey,
  including the following areas, Atlantic, Cape May, and
  Cumberland.

* Until 2 AM EDT Saturday

* Low pressure moving through the Mid Atlantic will lead to a
  swath of heavy rainfall over the coastal plain of southern new
  jersey. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are
  expected. Between 1 and 2 inches had already fallen by mid-
  afternoon on Friday. An additional inch or so is expected across
  a good portion of the watch area by about midnight...then end
  from west to east by Saturday morning.

* The heavy rainfall may result in flooding along area stream
  and creeks as well as urban and poor drainage flooding.

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. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

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New Castle-Cecil-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-
Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-
Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-
Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Elkton, Washington,
Morristown, Flemington, Somerville, New Brunswick, Freehold,
Sandy Hook, Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill,
Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson, Wharton State Forest,
Jim Thorpe, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Media,
Philadelphia, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester, Kennett Square,
Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont,
Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
303 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY...

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, Eastern Monmouth, Gloucester, Hunterdon,
  Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Northwestern Burlington, Ocean,
  Salem, Somerset, Southeastern Burlington, Warren, and Western
  Monmouth. In Pennsylvania, Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Eastern
  Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Lehigh, Lower Bucks, Northampton,
  Philadelphia, Upper Bucks, Western Chester, and Western
  Montgomery.

* Until 2 AM EDT Saturday

* Low pressure moving through the Mid Atlantic will lead to a
  swath of heavy rainfall along and to the northwest of the I-95
  corridor. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are
  expected with localized amounts to 4 inches possible. Between 1
  and 2 inches had already fallen by mid-afternoon on Friday. The
  heaviest rain is expected to move through the area from
  southwest to northeast this afternoon and evening.

* The heavy rainfall may result in flooding along area stream
  and creeks as well as urban and poor drainage flooding.

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. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

&&

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