Flood Watch Updated:
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
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NEW CASTLE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
348 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN
DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC
COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL ATLANTIC...
COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER...
HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN
BURLINGTON AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.
* FROM 2 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* LOW PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL STALL OVER THE
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ADDITIONAL LOW
PRESSURE MOVING UP ALONG THE COAST WILL ADD TO THE COMPLEX STORM
INTERACTIONS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY FROM
LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHTER RAIN SHOULD
THEN PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES GRADUALLY
EAST AWAY FROM OUR AREA. TOTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
AVERAGE 3 TO 4 INCHES...BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR
OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA IN NEW JERSEY. THE
COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAINS...ALREADY HIGH STREAMS AND
RIVERS...AND SATURATED SOIL WOULD LEAD TO RENEWED FLOODING
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS FOR MODERATE
FLOODING ALONG AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS WITH MAJOR FLOODING
POSSIBLE ALONG SOME WATERWAYS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY. THESE INCLUDE THE ASSUNPINK, MILLSTONE, RARITAN AND
PASSAIC RIVERS.
BASED ON THE CURRENT PRECIPITATION FORECASTS THE
DELAWARE RIVER WOULD CREST CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. PLEASE USE THIS TIME BEFORE THE HEAVY
RAIN ARRIVES TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN. PLEASE
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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