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Flood Watch 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 7, 20064 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Nov 7, 2006, 2:46 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 8, 2006, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 2006, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 8, 2006, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 8, 2006, 10:02 PM EST
In force
19 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, Somerset County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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 071946
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
246 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006
 
DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ060-067>071-080415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0006.061108T0800Z-061109T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
246 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST 
  MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN 
  NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL 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 AND SOMERSET IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST 
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT
  TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.
  THE RAIN WILL THEN TAPER OFF AND END WEDNESDAY EVENING. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.
  THE RAIN IS A RESULT OF A MOISTURE LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
  OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS IT
  MOVES NORTHEAST TO NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN
  NEW JERSEY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RESULT WILL BE A DRENCHING
  RAIN THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
 
* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE SCHUYLKILL AND
  DELAWARE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION, FLOODING IS
  ALSO LIKELY IN ANY AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE, AS WELL AS IN AREAS
  WHERE CULVERTS AND CATCH BASINS BECOME CLOGGED FROM FALLEN
  LEAVES. THESE FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY FOR
  MOTORISTS.
 
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.

$$

MPD/RNS/TFG
5 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 080208
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
908 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ060-067>071-081200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.061108T0800Z-061109T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
908 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL 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 AND 
  SOMERSET IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND 
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS 
  IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AND BECOME HEAVY AT
  TIMES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STEADY RAIN WILL
  THEN TAPER OFF AND END WEDNESDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
  TO 2.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. THE RAIN IS A
  RESULT OF A MOISTURE LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
  SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN NEW
  JERSEY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RESULT WILL BE A DRENCHING RAIN
  THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE 
  WATCH AREA. LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE SCHUYLKILL AND 
  DELAWARE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION... FLOODING IS 
  ALSO LIKELY IN ANY AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE... AS WELL AS IN 
  AREAS WHERE CULVERTS AND CATCH BASINS BECOME CLOGGED FROM 
  FALLEN LEAVES. THESE FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO MAKE ROADWAYS 
  SLIPPERY FOR MOTORISTS. 

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.

$$

TFG
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 080933
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ060-067>071-081745-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-061109T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
433 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL 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 AND 
  SOMERSET IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND 
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS 
  IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THE STEADY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WILL TAPER OFF AND END THIS
  EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY TO
  MID AFTERNOON HOURS. BASIN WIDE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
  FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN IS THE RESULT OF A MOISTURE LADEN LOW
  PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CAROLINAS. THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS
  IT MOVES NORTHEAST, PASSING JUST EAST OF NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING.

* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE SCHUYLKILL AND
  DELAWARE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION...FLOODING IS
  ALSO LIKELY IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS IN AREAS
  WHERE CULVERTS AND CATCH BASINS BECOME CLOGGED FROM FALLEN
  LEAVES. THESE FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY FOR
  MOTORISTS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
...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.

$$

KRUZDLO
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 081653
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1153 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ060-067>071-090100-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-061109T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
1153 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL 
  NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST 
  CENTRAL 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 AND 
  SOMERSET IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND 
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS 
  IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
  MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THE STEADY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WILL TAPER OFF AND END
  TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH LATE THIS
  MORNING WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. RADAR INDICATES SOME 2 TO
  3 INCH AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA, MAINLY IN CECIL
  COUNTY MARYLAND, WESTERN CHESTER AND BERKS COUNTIES IN
  PENNSYLVANIA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN
  WAS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN DELMARVA COAST LATE THIS MORNING.
  IT WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TO A POSITION OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST
  TONIGHT. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE
  THE RAIN TAPERS OFF TONIGHT, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY TO
  THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA.

* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE SCHUYLKILL AND
  DELAWARE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION...FLOODING IS
  ALSO LIKELY IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS IN AREAS
  WHERE CULVERTS AND CATCH BASINS BECOME CLOGGED FROM FALLEN
  LEAVES. THESE FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY FOR
  MOTORISTS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN,
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.

$$

RPW,RNS,WN,MG,VM
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 081959
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
259 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ017>019-PAZ060-067-068-070-071-082100-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-061109T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...READING...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...MEDIA
259 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
MARYLAND...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NO NEW ADDITIONAL
FLOOD WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE AREA AS THE
HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE REFER TO
FLOOD STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE COOPER RIVER AND SECTIONS OF THE
PERKIOMEN, WISSAHICKON AND BRANDYWINE CREEKS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
FLOODING.
  

$$

NJZ008>010-012-015-PAZ069-090600-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-061109T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...DOYLESTOWN
259 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS AND SOMERSET IN SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS.

* UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY

* THE STEADY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION WILL TAPER OFF AND END
  BY THIS EVENING. EVENT TOTALS WILL AVERAGE TWO TO TWO AND A HALF
  INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
  RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED EAST OF DELAWARE LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND WILL TRACK TOWARD LONG ISLAND TONIGHT.

* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE
  WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AREAS OF POOR
  DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS IN AREAS WHERE CULVERTS AND CATCH BASINS
  BECOME CLOGGED FROM FALLEN LEAVES. THESE FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO
  MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY FOR MOTORISTS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN,
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.

$$

RPW/TFG
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 090302
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1002 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

NJZ008>010-012-015-PAZ069-090415-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-061109T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...DOYLESTOWN
1002 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELED. PLEASE
REFER TO THE ALREADY ISSUED FLOOD STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE
RAMAPO, ASSUNPINK, PEQUANNOCK, ROCKAWAY, MILLSTONE, AND NASHAMITY
RIVERS.

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 2:54 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more6 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2006Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2006Flood Watches in Delaware, 2006Every flood watch in 2006

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.