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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
159 PM EDT TUE APR 2 2024
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101>106-030600-
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NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-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 ALLENTOWN, KENNETT SQUARE, WEST CHESTER,
WASHINGTON, OXFORD, DOYLESTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, NORRISTOWN,
LANSDALE, SOMERVILLE, FREEHOLD, BETHLEHEM, EASTON, MORRISTOWN,
TRENTON, PENNSVILLE, POTTSTOWN, CHALFONT, FLEMINGTON, NEWTON,
COLLEGEVILLE, PERKASIE, HONEY BROOK, MOORESTOWN, JIM THORPE,
MEDIA, WILMINGTON, GLASSBORO, CHERRY HILL, NEW BRUNSWICK,
STROUDSBURG, READING, MORRISVILLE, MOUNT HOLLY, AND CAMDEN
159 PM EDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA, NEW CASTLE, NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER, HUNTERDON, MERCER, MIDDLESEX, MORRIS,
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, SALEM, SOMERSET, SUSSEX, WARREN AND
WESTERN MONMOUTH, AND PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
BERKS, CARBON, DELAWARE, EASTERN CHESTER, EASTERN MONTGOMERY,
LEHIGH, LOWER BUCKS, MONROE, NORTHAMPTON, PHILADELPHIA, UPPER
BUCKS, WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.0 TO 3.0 INCHES ARE
LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.
ABOUT TWO DOZEN OF OUR RIVER POINTS ARE FORECAST TO APPROACH
FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, WITH SEVERAL EXCEEDING
FLOOD STAGE. THE MOST INTENSE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING, AND WITH THESE HIGH
RAINFALL RATES, FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT. EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE RIVERS, CREEKS, AND STREAMS TO
RISE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK EVEN WHEN THE RAIN HAS
ENDED.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SYSTEM
(AHPS), HAS BEEN UPDATED AND UPGRADED TO OUR NEW NATIONAL
WATER PREDICTION SERVICE (NWPS). HYDROGRAPHS CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
KRUZDLO
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