FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 340 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...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 SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE
MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...
CUMBERLAND...GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM
AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* RAIN WILL CONTINUE AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS. RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO AVERAGE ONE TO TWO INCHES... WITH
SOME THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER
OFF TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.
* THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. RAINFALL RATES MAY BE QUITE
HIGH...ALSO RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED
ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE DELAWARE.
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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KRUZDLO/MPD/RNS
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