Flash Flood Watch
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CECIL COUNTY IN MARYLAND AND NEW CASTLE
COUNTY IN DELAWARE. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF CARBON...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...
LEHIGH...BERKS...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA AND
DELAWARE...AND THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF SUSSEX...WARREN...
MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMSERSET...MIDDLESEX...MERCER...WESTERN
MONMOUTH...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND
SALEM.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES EXPECTED. MUCH OF THE
RAIN WILL FALL IN A TWO OR THREE HOUR TIME FRAME.
* THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO LEAVE
THEIR BANKS. ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FLOODING IN
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP WHICH COULD
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD CHECK THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
LOCATION.
Address/Location
Hackettstown Police Department
215 Stiger St
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-852-3302
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP HACKPD followed by your message, to 888777