FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
248 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011
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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
248 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND
PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY...
HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX
AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CHESTER...
DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
* FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
INTO OUR REGION LATER TONIGHT AND PRODUCE A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF
RAIN OVER A RATHER SHORT TIME PERIOD. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM WRAPS UP
AND MOVES TO OUR NORTHEAST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
* IMPACTS FROM FLOODING WILL INCLUDE...SMALL STREAM, POOR
DRAINAGE, URBAN AREA, BASEMENT, AND ROADWAY FLOODING. THE LARGER
RIVERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BUT
THEY MAY RUN HIGH AND A FEW MAY POSSIBLY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT 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.
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HEAVENER
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