[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 13:19:34.6804

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FFAPHI

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
119 PM EDT Thu May 17 2018


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New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Cecil-Kent MD-
Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Warren-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-
Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Southeastern Burlington-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Delaware-
Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-
Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown,
Rehoboth Beach, Elkton, Chestertown, Centreville, Easton, Denton,
Washington, Flemington, Somerville, New Brunswick, Freehold,
Sandy Hook, Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill,
Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson, Millville, Hammonton,
Cape May Court House, Ocean City, Atlantic City,
Long Beach Island, Wharton State Forest, Reading, Allentown,
Bethlehem, Media, Philadelphia, Honey Brook, Oxford,
West Chester, Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown,
Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
119 PM EDT Thu May 17 2018

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

The Flood Watch continues for

* Portions of Delaware, northeast Maryland, New Jersey, and
  Pennsylvania, including the following areas, in Delaware,
  Delaware Beaches, Inland Sussex, Kent, and New Castle. In
  northeast Maryland, Caroline, Cecil, Kent MD, Queen Annes, and
  Talbot. In New Jersey, Atlantic, Atlantic Coastal Cape May,
  Camden, Cape May, Coastal Atlantic, Coastal Ocean, Cumberland,
  Eastern Monmouth, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex,
  Northwestern Burlington, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Southeastern
  Burlington, Warren, and Western Monmouth. In Pennsylvania,
  Berks, Delaware, Eastern Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Lehigh,
  Lower Bucks, Northampton, Philadelphia, Upper Bucks, Western
  Chester, and Western Montgomery.

* From 6 PM EDT this evening through late Friday night

* Periods of light to moderate rain will continue today, and
  then heavier rainfall will move into the area later tonight.
  Periods of moderate to heavy rain will persist through at
  least Friday night, and possibly into the weekend. General
  rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected over the next
  72 hours with the highest totals occurring along and south of
  the Interstate 78 corridor. Locally higher amounts over 5
  inches are possible in slow-moving thunderstorms.

* A variety of flooding types are possible. Low-lying and poor
  drainage flooding will be the most common type of flooding to
  develop. Flash flooding will also be possible if thunderstorms
  repeatedly move over the same locations, especially in urban
  areas where rainfall runoff is maximized and where small
  creeks and streams respond quickly. Flash flooding occurs
  quicker than other types flooding due to the torrential rain
  thunderstorms can produce in a short amount of time. Several
  days of excessive runoff will eventually lead to a risk of
  flooding in larger streams and rivers though the extent of the
  flooding will depend on where the heaviest rain falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If you live across the Passaic, Raritan, and Rancocas basins in
New Jersey or the Neshaminy, Schuylkill, and Brandywine basins
across Pennsylvania and Delaware, keep an eye on later river
forecasts. These forecasts, as well as all of our hydrologic
forecasts, can be accessed via our Advanced Hydrologic Prediction
Service website. Those living in areas prone to flooding should
be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

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