FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 837 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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.
* FROM 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* PRECIPITATION WILL START TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WELL BEFORE
DAYBREAK. RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO AVERAGE ONE TO TWO INCHES...
WITH SOME THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF TOMORROW 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
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