[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 03:14:54.8082

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
314 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

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New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Cecil-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-
Caroline-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Mercer-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, Dover, Georgetown, Elkton,
Chestertown, Centreville, Easton, Denton, Newton, Washington,
Morristown, Flemington, Somerville, Trenton, Pennsville,
Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly,
Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Media,
Philadelphia, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester, Kennett Square,
Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont,
Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
314 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

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

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flood Watch for portions of Delaware, northeast Maryland, New
  Jersey, and Pennsylvania, including the following areas, in
  Delaware, Inland Sussex, Kent, and New Castle. In northeast
  Maryland, Caroline, Cecil, Kent MD, Queen Annes, and Talbot.
  In New Jersey, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris,
  Northwestern Burlington, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren.
  In Pennsylvania, Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Eastern Chester,
  Eastern Montgomery, Lehigh, Lower Bucks, Monroe, Northampton,
  Philadelphia, Upper Bucks, Western Chester, and Western
  Montgomery.

* From Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon

* Periods of heavy rain will begin over western portions of the
  area Thursday afternoon with the threat of heavy rainfall
  progressing eastward Thursday evening into the overnight hours.
  Rainfall will decrease in intensity Friday morning but impacts
  from the earlier heavier rainfall may linger into the day on
  Friday. Rainfall amounts will generally range from 1.5 to 2.5
  inches over the watch area, however locally higher amounts will
  be possible particularly over the higher terrain of eastern PA
  and northwest NJ.

* As a result of the rainfall, poor drainage and low-lying
  flooding may begin late Thursday. Small stream as well as
  mainstem flooding is possible Thursday night into Friday.
  Please refer to the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
  (AHPS) website for the latest crest forecasts.

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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