#1005 Postby angelwing » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:09 am
FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 608 AM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
Expiration: 500 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, ALL OF DELAWARE, NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE
SOUTHERN POCONOS SOUTH THROUGH THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN
AREA.
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NEW JERSEY...
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...ATLANTIC...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL
ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...
GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...
SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH.
IN PENNSYLVANIA...
BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
IN MARYLAND...
CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNE'S AND TALBOT.
IN DELAWARE...
DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE.
SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...
BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...
PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON.
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH OR
CLOSE TO OUR AREA ON FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
WOULD AFFECT THE AREA THE HARDEST DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON
FRIDAY. ALONG THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION, THE LIKELIHOOD
EXISTS FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS EVENT WITH SOME LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
ESPECIALLY IF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS TO FALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME AND OVER REGIONS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING,
SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND EVEN SOME OF THE
LARGER RIVERS IN THE REGION WOULD BE POSSIBLE. EVEN WITHOUT STREAM
FLOODING, THERE WILL BE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING THAT MAY VERY WELL
IMPACT THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY.
THE FUTURE PATH OF THE STORM WILL BE CRITICAL, IN SO FAR AS, WHERE
THE GREATEST RAINFALL MAY ACCUMULATE. WHEN WE ARE FOLLOWING THE
STORM, REMEMBER, WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF
THE TRACK AT THIS JUNCTURE. YESTERDAY, IT APPEARED THAT THE AXIS OF
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WOULD FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE
DELMARVA REGION. NEW DATA THIS MORNING NOW SUGGESTS THAT THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER EASTER PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THE STREAMS, CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WATCH AREA, KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER, AT THIS POINT,
THIS IS ONLY A FLOOD WATCH AND THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE, FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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