FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 240 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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 LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* PRECIPITATION WILL START TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AROUND MIDNIGHT 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
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