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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009

...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AT TIMES INTO THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD TODAY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS SYSTEM INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

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NEW CASTLE-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
352 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN
  DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... MERCER. IN
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...
  DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* RAIN OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE EAST OVERNIGHT AND WILL
  CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AN
  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES, WITH
  SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY
  THUNDERSTORMS.

* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND
  CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. RAINFALL RATES MAY BE
  QUITE HIGH AT SOME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING.

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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