Flood Watch for Warren, Morris, Sussex Counties

Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
407 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A PERIOD OF INTENSE RAINFALL AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD
FRONT MAY CAUSE SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD EARLY TONIGHT...

.THE FLOOD WATCH AREA WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
WITHIN A 6 HOUR PERIOD...MOST OF IT BETWEEN 5 PM AND 11 PM.

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NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
407 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND
PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN
DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MERCER...
MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN
PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* RUNOFF FROM INTENSE SHORT TERM RAIN ON ALREADY WET GROUND MAY
CAUSE SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD SOMETIME TONIGHT.

* IF RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OCCURS WITHIN A 3 TO 6 HOUR
PERIOD...POCKETS OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING WOULD PROBABLY OCCUR.

* HEAVIEST RAIN IS FORECAST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 11 PM.

* IF LATER FORECASTS RULE OUT THE CHANCE OF A 2 INCH RAINFALL
WITHIN A 6 HOUR PERIOD...THIS WATCH WOULD BE DISCONTINUED.

* IN THE MEANTIME...URBAN CENTERS AND AREAS THAT ARE TYPICALLY
VULNERABLE TO POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THIS LIKELIHOOD EARLY TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE NEW BRUNSWICK...
TRENTON...PHILADELPHIA...WILMINGTON INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

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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DRAG