FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
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NEW CASTLE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
315 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS AND SOMERSET. IN SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND
PHILADELPHIA.
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY EVENING. EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2.0 TO 3.5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DRY DRY LATELY...THIS MUCH RAIN
COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF QUICK RESPONDING STREAMS AND SMALL
RIVERS...SUCH AS THOSE IN NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA. IN ADDITION...URBAN FLOODING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* AT THIS TIME...MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...IF MORE THAN 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS IN THE PASSAIC
BASIN...MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING BECOMES POSSIBLE.
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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HAYES
