Flood Watch until 07:00PM Friday
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flood Watch for portions of northern Delaware, northeast Maryland, New Jersey, and southeast Pennsylvania, including the following areas, in northern Delaware, New Castle. In northeast Maryland, Cecil and Kent MD. In New Jersey, Atlantic, Camden, 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 late tonight through Friday evening
* Rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches, with locally higher amounts possible.
* Periods of moderate to heavy rain will occur from late tonight through Friday. In the areas of heaviest rainfall, urban and poor-drainage flooding is expected to occur. Given antecedent wet conditions across the watch area, sensitive streams and creeks will also be susceptible to flooding. Some river flooding is also possible should the heaviest rainfall occur in the associated basins, with the Passaic and Millstone Rivers most at risk.
* AFFECTED AREAS: SOMERSET ... UPPER BUCKS ... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON ... MERCER ... COASTAL OCEAN ... GLOUCESTER ... WESTERN MONTGOMERY ... CECIL ... DELAWARE ... MIDDLESEX ... CUMBERLAND ... WESTERN CHESTER ... EASTERN MONMOUTH ... ATLANTIC ... LOWER BUCKS ... EASTERN MONTGOMERY ... COASTAL ATLANTIC ... CAMDEN ... SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON ... KENT ... SALEM ... PHILADELPHIA ... MORRIS ... HUNTERDON ... EASTERN CHESTER ... WESTERN MONMOUTH ... OCEAN ... NEW CASTLE
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
Asbury Park Police Department
1 Municipal Plaza
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 732-774-1300
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Watch