Flood Watch in Effect for Northwest NJ Until 5pm

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
645 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
645 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON

* RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS BATCH OF HEAVY SHOWERS MAY CAUSE A BIT
OF RENEWED FLOODING IN SMALL PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON... WARREN... SUSSEX...SOMERSET AND MORRIS
COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 9 AM. OTHERWISE THE SHOWERS HAVE
BASICALLY ENDED THERE THIS MORNING.

* THEN THERE SHOULD BE A BATCH OF BRIEFLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM IN EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA... RACING ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 2
PM AND 6 PM. THIS BATCH SHOULD PRODUCE SPOTTY ONE HALF TO 1.5
INCH RAINS...ESPECIALLY FROM THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND POCONOS
INTO NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THIS COULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE
FLOODING THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED SINCE YESTERDAY.

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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