Flash Flood Watch Issued for Northwest NJ

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
356 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011


NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-281600-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
356 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

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

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THIS MONTH...9 TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED FROM PARTS OF
THE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA OUT TO READING AND NORTHWARD TO
ALLENTOWN AND MOUNT POCONO...MAKING THIS A TOP 5 WETTEST
SEPTEMBER IN MANY LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.

* ALREADY THE LEHIGH RIVER IS RESPONDING TO LAST NIGHTS 2 AND ONE
HALF INCH RAINS IN PARTS OF THE POCONOS. URBAN CENTERS AS WELL
AS PORTIONS OF BERKS...MONGTOMERY...BUCKS...CARBON AND MONROE
COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO VERY
FAST RUNOFF.

* THE COMBINATION OF VERY WET GROUND FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL SMALL CLUSTERS OF ONE TO 3 INCH
RAINS IN A 2 HOUR PERIOD...PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THIS WATCH.

* THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY FLOOD PRODUCING RAIN IS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY BUT THOSE WILL BE
MOVING EASTWARD AND MUCH FASTER THAN ANY OF THE HEAVY SHOWERS
OCCURRING TODAY AND TONIGHT.


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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