[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 14:56:52.0374

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
256 PM EST Wed Feb 5 2020

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New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Cecil-Kent MD-
Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Morris-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-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,
Morristown, 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, Media, Philadelphia,
Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester, Kennett Square, Collegeville,
Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
256 PM EST Wed Feb 5 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 southeast 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, Morris, Northwestern Burlington, Ocean,
  Salem, Somerset, Southeastern Burlington, and Western
  Monmouth. In southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware, Eastern
  Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Lower Bucks, Philadelphia, Upper
  Bucks, Western Chester, and Western Montgomery.

* From Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon.

* Light rain will begin to spread into the region tonight and
  intensify later in the day on Thursday. Periods of heavy rain can
  be expected to persist into Friday morning. The heavy rain threat
  will end Friday afternoon. Amounts up to three inches are
  possible. At this time, the heaviest rain is expected along and
  east of the I-95 corridor.

* As a result of the rainfall, poor drainage and low-lying flooding
  will likely begin late Thursday. Small stream as well as mainstem
  flooding is possible Thursday night and Friday. In some cases,
  flooding on the larger rivers could persist into the weekend.
  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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