Alert archive / New Jersey / Flood Watches in 2008

Flood Watch 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 12, 20085 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware; 11 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Feb 12, 2008, 3:28 PM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware; 11 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 4:19 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2008, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2008, 4:19 AM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2008, 8:42 PM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity
None

Counties New Castle County, DE, 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, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2008-02-12Temperature 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 2008-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
535 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 122028
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TOMORROW 
NIGHT...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD 
THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO NEW YORK STATE TOMORROW MORNING. A COLD 
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS OUR AREA TOMORROW 
AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION, NEW WAVES OF 
LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT AS THE ORIGINAL LOW 
DISSIPATES. A MIXTURE OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SLOWLY 
CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. THE CHANGEOVER 
WILL WORK IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION FROM THE PHILADELPHIA 
METROPOLITAN AREA LATE THIS EVENING TO THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND 
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TOMORROW MORNING.  

DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ060>062-067>071-130500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0002.080213T1200Z-080214T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
328 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 
  DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
  HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN 
  BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...
  MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* MULTIPLE SURGES OF MOISTURE WILL WORK NORTH ALONG THE ATLANTIC
  SEABOARD TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. ANY
  FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGEOVER TO
  ALL RAIN BY THE MID MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE CHANGEOVER
  WILL TAKE PLACE IN AND AROUND THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA
  AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE CHANGEOVER LINE WILL THEN WORK TO
  THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN POCONOS
  AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. 

* IN GENERAL, ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
  WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THIS
  AMOUNT OF RAIN COUPLED WITH EITHER AN ALREADY SATURATED OR
  FROZEN GROUND, DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION, COULD PRODUCE AREAS
  OF FLOODING. IN ADDITION, ANY SNOW OR ICE THAT FALLS TONIGHT IS
  EXPECTED TO MELT AND ADD TO THE RUNOFF. WHILE WIDESPREAD
  SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED, FLOODING OF ROADWAYS
  AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, AS WELL AS SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS
  WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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.
 
ONE WAY TO KEEP ABREAST OF EXISTING AND FORECASTED WATER
CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS TO MONITOR THE
ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR
HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE
LEFT HAND MENU.

$$

KRUZDLO
4 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 130325
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1025 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE, LOCATED OVER OHIO THIS EVENING, WILL MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST AND INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT.
MEANWHILE, ANOTHER LOW WAS LOCATED OVER ALABAMA. THE SECOND LOW IS
ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST, PASSING OFF THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE BRUSHING PAST CAPE
COD ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE
TO BRING PRECIPITATION TO OUR REGION INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TO RAIN OVERNIGHT AND
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND FOR THE UPPER
DELMARVA, PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ060>062-067>071-131100-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0002.080213T1200Z-080214T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
1025 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON, BUCKS,
  MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA, FOR THE NEW
  JERSEY COUNTIES OF SUSSEX, WARREN, MORRIS, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET,
  MIDDLESEX, MERCER, NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER
  AND SALEM, FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE.

* FROM 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* MULTIPLE SURGES OF MOISTURE WILL WORK NORTHWARD ALONG THE
  ATLANTIC SEABOARD OVERNIGHT, ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT. ANY FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION IN EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE ALL
  RAIN BY THE MID MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

* IN GENERAL, ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS THE
  WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE EXPECTED
  RAINFALL COUPLED WITH EITHER AN ALREADY SATURATED OR FROZEN
  GROUND, DEPENDING ON LOCATION, COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. IN
  ADDITION, ANY SNOW OR ICE THAT ACCUMULATES TONIGHT IS EXPECTED
  TO MELT AND ADD TO THE RUNOFF. WHILE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT
  RIVER FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED, FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS, AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS, IS POSSIBLE.

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

ONE WAY TO MONITOR EXISTING AND FORECAST WATER CONDITIONS ON
WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION IS TO USE THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND
MENU.

$$

IOVINO
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 130919
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
419 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008


DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ060>062-067>071-131900-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.A.0002.080213T0919Z-080214T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
419 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. ANY
  FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TURN TO PLAIN
  RAIN BY LATE THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FROM THE
  NORTHWEST THIS EVENING ALLOWING THE HEAVY RAIN TO TAPER OFF TO
  SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWRES.

* ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN
  WILL FALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL
  COUPLED WITH EITHER AN ALREADY SATURATED OR FROZEN GROUND...
  DEPENDING ON LOCATION... COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
  ANY SNOW OR ICE THAT PREVIOUSLY FELL IS EXPECTED TO MELT AND ADD
  TO THE RUNOFF. WHILE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS
  NOT ANTICIPATED... FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS... AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS... IS POSSIBLE.

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

ONE WAY TO MONITOR EXISTING AND FORECAST WATER CONDITIONS ON
WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION IS TO USE THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND
MENU.

$$

RNS/LSN
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 131854
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
154 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008

DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ060>062-067>071-141000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-080214T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
154 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NEW
  JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SINCE EARLY
  THIS MORNING. SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE RESPONDED WITH
  SIGNIFICANT RISES...WITH SOME GOING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ANY
  ADDITIONAL RAIN THAT MIGHT FALL LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL
  CAUSE RENEWED RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. WHILE WIDESPREAD
  SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...FLOODING OF
  ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS STREAMS AND
  CREEKS...IS POSSIBLE. THE FLOOD WATCH THEREFORE CONTINUES
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE
  RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO THE COAST OF MAINE LATER TONIGHT.
  MEANWHILE...A SECOND LOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE MID
  ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT.
  THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION OVER THE
  WATCH AREA. WHILE SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE
  FORM OF SNOW AS COLDER AIR MOVES BACK INTO THE REGION...ENOUGH
  RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE THIS CHANGEOVER OCCURS TO CAUSE RENEWED
  RISES ON AREA WATERWAYS.

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

ONE WAY TO MONITOR EXISTING AND FORECAST WATER CONDITIONS ON
WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION IS TO USE THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND
MENU.

$$
000 
WGUS61 KPHI 140142
FFAPHI

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
842 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008


DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ060>062-067>071-140245-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-080214T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
842 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN
DELAWARE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE LAST OF THREE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WHICH BROUGHT
SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN TO THE AREA SINCE LATE
TUESDAY WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT.
WHILE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DOES FALL
WON/T BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.

WHILE THIS FLOOD WATCH IS BEING CANCELLED BECAUSE NO ADDITIONAL
FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED...FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR SEVERAL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA WHICH ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING FROM RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER
TODAY. PLEASE SEE SPECIFIC FLOOD WARNING STATEMENTS ON WATERWAYS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION BY USING THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION
SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI.
JUST CLICK ON THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND MENU.

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 3:17 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more32 hr
Feb 12, 3:17 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHIDelaware, Philadelphia22 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2008Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2008Flood Watches in Delaware, 2008Every flood watch in 2008

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.