Flash Flood Watches Issued - NJ

And just like that, they are up for the area.

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...
FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...
ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...
KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
310 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN DELAWARE...DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND
  SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES AND TALBOT. IN NEW
  JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE
  MAY...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 LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

* LOCATIONS...A PORTION OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MOST OF NEW
  JERSEY...ALL OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND`S EASTERN SHORE.

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
  GENERAL RAINFALL 1.5 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA
  WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. IF AMOUNTS EXCEED
  3 INCHES...THE LIKELIHOOD OF RIVER FLOODING INCREASES.

* THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS GREATER WITHIN THE URBAN AREAS OF
  THE METRO INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

* THERE APPEARS TO BE TWO PRIMARY TIMES WHEN EXCESSIVE SHORT TERM
  RAINFALL COULD OCCUR...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN LATE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR.


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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