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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
246 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006
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.

About 1.5" here

Pressure at 993.7mb

EDIT 9:45PM: 993.3mb

I won't get to my rain gauge until tomorrow. I'm sure we had alot. It was a horrible drive home tonight as well.

Rain ended last night, inch and a half. pressure up to 999.9mb.

I had 3.5 inches of rain in my gauge!!!

Stephanie wrote:I had 3.5 inches of rain in my gauge!!!

YIKES!!! After last weeks rains you guys and gals don't need anymore like that!!!! Are you sure you aren't in SE TX?

vbhoutex wrote:

Stephanie wrote:I had 3.5 inches of rain in my gauge!!!

YIKES!!! After last weeks rains you guys and gals don't need anymore like that!!!! Are you sure you aren't in SE TX?

I was starting to wonder if maybe it was the NW instead of the NE!

The good thing is that all of it fell over a day and a half, and not just several hours. It was a good soaking rain and not a gully-washer. The inner bays around Atlantic City were pretty darn high this morning riding in. There were a few spots where it wouldn't have taken much more for the bays to spill over the roadway.

This was nothing, we've seen much worse in the last few years.


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And AGAIN!

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
229 PM EST SAT NOV 11 2006
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-
MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
229 PM EST SAT NOV 11 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

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...NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN
NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER AND
WESTERN MONMOUTH IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
OCEAN...SALEM AND SOUTHEASTERN 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 SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION ON
SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND GREAT
LAKES REGION. AS THIS FRONT SAGS SOUTH, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA
COASTAL BORDER. AS THIS HAPPENS, HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
THE LOW WILL SLOWLY MAKE ITS WAY OFF THE COAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND
INTO MONDAY. WHILE DOING SO, THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

* SINCE THE AREA RECEIVED SOME HEAVY RAINS THIS PAST WEEK, IT WILL
NOT TAKE AS MUCH RAIN ACROSS THE AREA TO CAUSE FLOODING.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A
FEW LOCALIZED THREE INCH AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE TOTALS
MAY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG LOCAL STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN
THE WATCH AREA. THE LARGER RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA, SUCH AS THE
DELAWARE AND SCHUYLKILL ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD AT THIS TIME.
IN ADDITION, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF HEAVY RAIN FALL IS A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.

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.

Dang! I've lost track of how many flood watches we've been under in the last month.

My River is FULL. No room for more! Rain, rain go away!!

weathermom wrote:My River is FULL. No room for more! Rain, rain go away!!

We could use some of it here. It is drying up a little. Just ask my skin and it will be glad to take a few inchese of rain!

The rain is to the west of Philadelphia now. I see a big plume of moisture coming up into the DelMarVa peninsula now. That's what's going to hit me later.

It was a beautiful day yesterday for leaf raking. My backyard doesn't look like I did anything to it this morning! I'd say that the majority of the leaves are down and whatever else is hanging on will be gone after this storm.

Rain gauge is empty and I look forward to seeing what we get this time around.

It's been pouring in Philly steady from about 5PM and still...in NJ earlier and my goodness I got soaked walking from the clinic to the car and that's only about 50 feet! My shoes are still squeaking!

Yep, it wasn't very nice from yesterday afternoon through today. I'll check my rain gauge tomorrow to see what I received.

We're supposed to get MORE rain this coming Thursday and Friday. The Delaware river here is high as it is, we don't need anymore!

'nother one
Here is a current Flash Flood Watch for Home (Philadelphia, PA) until 1:00am, Fri Nov 17 2006, from your local National Weather Service office.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
247 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-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...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
247 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH 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...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN
NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER AND
WESTERN MONMOUTH IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...
MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL LIFT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO
SOUTHEAST CANADA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL PULL A
DYNAMIC COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION ON THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WILL
RESULT IN RAIN...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WINDS.

* OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE
AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN...WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH
RAINFALL IS FORECAST...AND UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT DEVELOP. HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE AMOUNTS
COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN SUDDEN FLOODING OF AREAS NOT
NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING.

* WINDS WITH THE FRONT ARE FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH. HOWEVER...IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP
AND CAUSE WINDS ALOFT TO MIX TO THE SURFACE...STRONGER WIND GUSTS
THAT COULD FELL TREES AND LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG
STREAMS...CREEKS...AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND SOME AREAS NOT
NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. 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.

My rain gauge had for the last storm had 1.6 inches of rain. This new one isn't going to help matters!

It just started raining here