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Flood Watch 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 28, 20064 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Aug 28, 2006, 5:16 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Aug 29, 2006, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2006, 5:16 AM EDT (09:16 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2006, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity
None

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
538 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS61 KPHI 280916
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
516 AM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY...

.VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MORE ON THE
WAY TUESDAY.

NJZ001-007-009-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-282115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0004.060829T1000Z-060830T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-HUNTERDON-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...FLEMINGTON...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
516 AM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA 
  AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
  IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN 
  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND NORTHWESTERN 
  BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND 
  NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* A LOW PRESSURE MOVED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT
  BRINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO SOME AREAS AND MAKING MANY ROADS
  IMPASSABLE THIS MORNING. SOME RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED A FOUR TO
  SIX INCH SWATH OF RAIN FROM BERKS COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST NEW
  JERSEY...AND A SECOND AREA FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO THE SHORE.
  IN ADDITION...FOUR TO FIVE INCHES FELL IN UPSTATE NEW JERSEY.
 
* SINCE THE REGION HAS BEEN DRY THE PAST THREE WEEKS, THE HEAVY
  RAINS FLOODED STREET AND HIGHWAYS, BUT DID NOT CAUSE ANY
  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON THE AREAS STREAMS. HOWEVER...ANOTHER
  ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
  EVENING AND THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS RECEIVING THREE TO FOUR
  INCHES. IF THIS MUCH RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS THE
  RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE THEM TO
  FLOOD.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS
AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR
ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF
YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS.
KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED
OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING, AND
NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN.


$$


EBERWINE
4 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 281956
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
356 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006


DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008-010-012-015-016-290930-
/O.EXA.KPHI.FA.A.0004.060829T1000Z-060830T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE
356 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 
  AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL 
  IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MIDDLESEX...MORRIS AND SOMERSET IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SALEM.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND 
  SUNDAY NIGHT BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN TO SOME AREAS.
  RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS REACHED UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES.
  ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
  EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY.

* MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
  BASINWIDE AVERAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE INCH. LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS MIGHT REACH FOUR INCHES. IF THIS RAIN FALLS ON LOCATIONS
  WHICH HAD THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN, RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND
  CREEKS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE THEM TO FLOOD. EVEN LOCATIONS THAT
  HAVE NOT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE IF SUCCESSIVE
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
  MOST OF THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITHIN
  BANKFUL.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND 
CREEKS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS 
REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION. IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED, MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE WATER IS
FLOWING, AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER.


$$

NJZ001-007-009-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-290930-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0004.060829T1000Z-060830T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX-WARREN-HUNTERDON-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...FLEMINGTON...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
356 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...HUNTERDON...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN 
  EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN 
  NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
  PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND 
  SUNDAY NIGHT BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN TO SOME AREAS.
  RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS REACHED UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES.
  ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
  EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY.

* MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
  BASINWIDE AVERAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE INCH. LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS MIGHT REACH FOUR INCHES. IF THIS RAIN FALLS ON LOCATIONS
  WHICH HAD THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN, RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND
  CREEKS WILL CAUSE THEM TO FLOOD. EVEN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE NOT
  RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE IF SUCCESSIVE THUNDERSTORMS
  MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOST OF THE
  MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITHIN BANKFUL.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND 
CREEKS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS 
REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION. IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED, MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE WATER IS
FLOWING, AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER.

$$

DELISI/EBERWINE/GIGI
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 290912
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
512 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-291900-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0004.060829T1000Z-060830T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
512 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
  DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
  MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN 
  NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND 
  SALEM IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND 
  NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. BASIN WIDE
  AVERAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH SOME
  LOCALIZED AMOUNTS REACHING FOUR INCHES. IF THIS RAIN FALLS ON
  LOCATIONS WHICH HAD THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN... RUNOFF INTO THE
  STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE THEM TO FLOOD. EVEN
  LOCATIONS THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE IF
  SUCCESSIVE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT
  PERIOD OF TIME. MOST OF THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO
  REMAIN WITHIN BANKFULL.

* THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR FROM EARLY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA... WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS
AND CREEKS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA... CHECK YOUR
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY TO TAKE
ACTION. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS
WHERE WATER IS FLOWING... AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER.

$$


EBERWINE
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 291554
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1154 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-300000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-060830T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
1154 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
  DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
  MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN 
  NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND 
  SALEM IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND 
  NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS
  ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THROUGH THE COURSE OF
  THE AFTERNOON. BASIN WIDE AVERAGES OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED
  WITH SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. IF THIS
  RAIN FALLS ON LOCATIONS WHICH HAD THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN, RUNOFF
  INTO THE STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE THEM TO FLOOD.
  EVEN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE
  IF SUCCESSIVE DOWNPOURS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT
  PERIOD OF TIME. THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
  WITHIN BANKFULL.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS
AND CREEKS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, CHECK YOUR
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE
ACTION. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS
WHERE WATER IS FLOWING, AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER.

$$

GORSE
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 292353
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
753 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-300100-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-060830T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
753 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN FELL THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES
INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. A FEW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE RATHER LIGHT AND NOT LIKELY TO
PRODUCE FLOODING.

$$

AMC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 5:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden2 hr
Aug 28, 7:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.