FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 402 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MONMOUTH...
HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET AND WESTERN
MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CHESTER...
DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* PRECIPITATION HAD CHANGED TO RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT
CONTINUED AS SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX WELL NORTH AND WEST OF
PHILADELPHIA EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE RAIN
OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK...AND THEN RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO AVERAGE ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH SOME
THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND
ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SUCH AS THE PERKIOMEN CREEK...
BRANDYWINE CREEK...AND NESHAMINY CREEK ACROSS SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND ALONG THE MILLSTONE RIVER AND ASSUNPINK CREEK
IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RAINFALL RATES MAY BE QUITE HIGH...ALSO
RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG
MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE DELAWARE AND THE SCHUYLKILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO
FLASH FLOODING...BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED. IF YOU OBSERVE RAPIDLY RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK IT IS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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