National Weather Service has issued FLOOD WATCH for Saturday Afternoon until Sunday Evening for Hunterdon County
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY
NJ436 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011
...HURRICANE IRENE THREATENS THE AREA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAYEVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DELAWARE ... NORTHEAST MARYLAND ... NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA ...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN DELAWARE ...DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND
SUSSEX ...
KENT AND NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...
KENT MD... QUEEN ANNES AND TALBOT. 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 ...
SUSSEX ... WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA ...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...
CHESTER ... DELAWARE ... LEHIGH...MONROE... MONTGOMERY ...
NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA . * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * HEAVY AND POSSIBLY RECORD SETTING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE SATURDAY TO SUNDAY TIME FRAME MAY RESULT IN MAJOR FLOODING ACROSS NEW JERSEY...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
DELAWARE AND THE MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE . * SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID FLOODING. THE RARITAN AND SCHUYLKILL
RIVERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACT RATHER QUICKLY AND ALSO ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. THE DELAWARE ...SUSQUEHANNA...RANCOCAS AND
PASSAIC
RIVERS REACT MORE SLOWLY...BUT THEY ALSO ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ONCURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLEFLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BEPREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Address/Location
Delaware Township, NJ Office of Emergency Management
816 Sergeantsville Rd
Stockton, NJ 08559
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-397-8189