FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 342 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-070- 071-101>106-012000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0007.130801T1400Z-130802T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER... KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 342 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE... NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN... GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...CARBON...DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...MONROE... NORTHAMPTON...PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY. * FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY. WHILE GENERAL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES, SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS REACHING THREE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIER RAIN POTENTIAL SHOULD START IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND LATER THIS MORNING AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. * EXPECT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WITH A GREATER IMPACT ON COMMUTING AS WE MOVE THROUGH TODAY. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD FLOOD, ESPECIALLY IF SIMILAR AREAS THAT HAD HEAVY RAIN ON SUNDAY EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN TODAY. 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. && $$ KRUZDLO/GIGI
