Flash Flood Watch For Northwest New Jersey for this Afternoon and Evening

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
330 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND
PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...
HUNTERDON...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN
PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN COULD
FALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WITH SOME STORMS. WITH SOILS
SATURATED BY HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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