[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Watch 15:29:42.2886

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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
329 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020


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Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Morristown, Flemington, Somerville,
Collegeville, Pottstown, Chalfont, and Perkasie
329 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Watch for portions of New Jersey and southeast
Pennsylvania has been cancelled.

The heaviest rain the next 24 hours will fall over the New Jersey
coastal plain and Delmarva. While rain and river rises are still
anticipated across southeast Pennsylvania and northern New
Jersey, water levels are expected to remain below flood stage.

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New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Cecil-Kent MD-
Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-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-Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown,
Rehoboth Beach, Elkton, Chestertown, Centreville, Easton, Denton,
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,
Norristown, Lansdale, Morrisville, and Doylestown
329 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

The Flood Watch continues 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, Mercer, Middlesex,
  Northwestern Burlington, Ocean, Salem, Southeastern
  Burlington, and Western Monmouth. In southeast Pennsylvania,
  Delaware, Eastern Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Lower Bucks,
  Philadelphia, and Western Chester.

* Through Friday afternoon

* Periods of heavy rain can be expected this afternoon and into
  Friday morning. Amounts up to two and one-half inches are
  possible. The heaviest rain is now expected east of the I-95
  corridor.

* As a result of the rainfall, poor drainage and low-lying
  flooding will likely begin late this afternoon and persist
  overnight. Small stream and creek flooding is possible tonight
  and Friday. The Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, New Jersey
  will not crest until Friday night or Saturday. 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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