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Flood Watch 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 28, 20074 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Feb 28, 2007, 3:45 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 1, 2007, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2007, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2007, 9:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 2, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
In force
16 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, 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2007-02-28Temperature 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 2007-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 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 282045
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-011100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0003.070302T0200Z-070303T0100Z/
/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
345 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS...BUCKS...
  CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
  NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. FOR THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF
  CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. FOR NEW
  CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE. FOR CECIL COUNTY IN
  NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

* FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC
  REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
  FRONT IS FORECAST TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THEN BECOME
  HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS IS POSSIBLE
  BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING BEHIND AN ADVANCING
  COLD FRONT.

  THE GROUND REMAINS FROZEN IN MANY AREAS. THIS FROZEN GROUND, IN 
  COMBINATION WITH A VERY RIPE SNOW PACK IN SOME LOCATIONS AND 
  HEAVY RAIN, COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL
  STREAMS FROM THE POCONOS SOUTH TO NORTHERN MARYLAND AND
  DELAWARE, AND EAST INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RIVER AND STREAM ICE
  COULD ADD ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THE SITUATION AS WATER LEVELS
  RISE AND THE ICE BEGINS TO MOVE.

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.

$$

MIKETTA
5 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 010843
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
343 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-012000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.070302T0200Z-070303T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
343 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC
  REGION THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH
  THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO BEGIN LATE TODAY... THEN BECOME HEAVY
  AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ONE TO
  TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE
  RAIN ENDS FRIDAY MORNING BEHIND AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT.

  THE GROUND REMAINS FROZEN IN MANY AREAS. THIS FROZEN GROUND...
  IN COMBINATION WITH A VERY RIPE SNOW PACK IN SOME LOCATIONS AND
  HEAVY RAIN... COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL
  STREAMS FROM THE POCONOS SOUTH TO NORTHERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE...
  AND EAST INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RIVER AND STREAM ICE COULD ADD
  ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THE SITUATION AS WATER LEVELS RISE AND THE
  ICE BEGINS TO MOVE.
 
  IF YOU HAVE AN ALL HAZARDS RADIO, MAKE SURE IT IS WORKING AND
  THE ALARM FEATURE ACTIVATED. THE FLOOD WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED
  TO A WARNING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 

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.

$$

RPW/EBERWINE
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 010856
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
356 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-012000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.070302T0200Z-070303T0100Z/
/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
356 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MID 
  ATLANTIC REGION THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION 
  ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO BEGIN LATE TODAY... 
  THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO 
  FRIDAY MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 12 
  HOURS IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS FRIDAY MORNING BEHIND 
  AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. 

  THE GROUND REMAINS FROZEN IN MANY AREAS. THIS FROZEN GROUND...
  IN COMBINATION WITH A VERY RIPE SNOW PACK IN SOME LOCATIONS AND
  HEAVY RAIN... COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL
  STREAMS FROM THE POCONOS SOUTH TO NORTHERN MARYLAND AND
  DELAWARE... AND EAST INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RIVER AND STREAM
  ICE COULD ADD ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THE SITUATION AS WATER
  LEVELS RISE AND THE ICE BEGINS TO MOVE.

  IF YOU HAVE AN ALL HAZARDS RADIO... MAKE SURE IT IS WORKING AND
  THE ALARM FEATURE ACTIVATED. THE FLOOD WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED 
  TO A WARNING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

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.

$$


RPW/EBERWINE
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 012013
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
313 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-021100-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.070302T0200Z-070303T0100Z/
/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
313 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM 9 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC
  REGION THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT
  IS FORECAST TO BEGIN THIS EVENING... THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
  OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WE EXPECT 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF
  RAIN IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS BEFORE IT ENDS FRIDAY MORNING BEHIND
  AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... CLOSE TO 3
  INCHES... ARE POSSIBLE.

  THE GROUND REMAINS FROZEN IN MANY AREAS. THIS FROZEN GROUND... 
  IN COMBINATION WITH A VERY RIPE SNOW PACK IN SOME LOCATIONS AND 
  HEAVY RAIN... COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL
  STREAMS FROM THE POCONOS SOUTH TO NORTHERN MARYLAND AND
  DELAWARE... AND EAST INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RIVER AND STREAM
  ICE COULD ADD ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THE SITUATION AS WATER
  LEVELS RISE AND THE ICE BEGINS TO MOVE.

  IF YOU HAVE AN ALL HAZARDS RADIO... MAKE SURE IT IS WORKING AND
  THE ALARM FEATURE ACTIVATED. THE FLOOD WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED 
 TO A WARNING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

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.

$$

OHARA
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 020954
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
454 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-021800-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T1800Z/
/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
454 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* A WARM FRONT MOVED NORTH INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION OVERNIGHT.
  RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT MOVED INTO THE REGION AND BECAME
  HEAVY AT TIMES. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING
  WHEN LOW PRESSURE DRAGS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS TO THIS POINT RANGE UP TO AROUND AN INCH. WE EXPECT 1.5
  TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN IN MOST AREAS BEFORE IT ENDS BY MIDDAY.

* THE HEAVY RAIN IS ALREADY CAUSING FLOODING IN SOUTHEASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN DELAWARE. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN
  IN COMBINATION WITH FROZEN GROUND AND A VERY RIPE SNOW PACK IN
  SOME LOCATIONS...MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON
  SMALL STREAMS FROM THE POCONOS SOUTH TO NORTHERN MARYLAND AND
  DELAWARE...AND EAST INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RIVER AND STREAM
  ICE COULD ADD ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THE SITUATION AS WATER
  LEVELS RISE AND THE ICE BEGINS TO MOVE.

  IF YOU HAVE AN ALL HAZARDS RADIO...MAKE SURE IT IS WORKING AND
  THE ALARM FEATURE ACTIVATED. THE FLOOD WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED
  TO A WARNING AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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.

$$

RPW
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 021759
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>071-021900-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T1800Z/
/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

...FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

RAIN HAS ENDED AROUND THE REGION, AND THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 100 PM EST.

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE, EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THIS
FLOODING IS BEING ADDRESSED BY FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS.

$$

MPD

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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.