Flood Watch-SE PA/NJ/DE

[angelwing]

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
856 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

.A VERY MOIST AIR MASS PUSHING EAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BE
LIFTED OVER A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTHWEST. THIS
OVERRUNNING WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY
RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-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...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
856 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH 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...SALEM...
SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...
BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM 5 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED TO OUR SOUTHWEST WILL PROVIDE AN
AVENUE FOR WEATHER DISTURBANCES TO TRACK ALONG. THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO OCCUR TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY TUESDAY IN THE
FORM OF A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND
ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.

TIMES OF HEAVIER RAIN MAY AFFECT TUESDAY MORNING'S COMMUTE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE 1 TO 2 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN... ESPECIALLY
IF IT FALLS IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COUPLED WITH THE
RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN MOST AREAS... COULD CAUSE
SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SOME SMALL
STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS... AS THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
ANTICIPATED FOR WEDNESDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE 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 http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE
LEFT HAND MENU.

[CajunMama]

be careful with your commute

[angelwing]

Not going to work tomorrow morning, I still can't open my eye so no NJ for me tomorrow, woohoo!

[Stephanie]

We've received 2.50" since this weekend. I haven't come across any flooding problems while driving to AC. It's been a nice SOAKING rain.

When the sun comes out the lawn is going to go crazy!