Full Notification

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...
MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. IN PENNSYLVANIA...
BERKS...CARBON...DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...EASTERN
MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...
PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN
MONTGOMERY.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* TWO OR THREE MORE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS
AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. ONE BATCH IS ARRIVING FROM
THE DELMARVA THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BATCH SHOULD DEVELOP OR
MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF OUR AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH YET
ANOTHER ROUND EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEN TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS
OVER MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

* ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN 30 MINUTES FROM SOME OF THESE
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THAT EASILY PRODUCES FLOODING IN THE URBAN
AREAS.

* URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS WELL AS BASEMENT FLOODING
WILL DEVELOP....WITH SMALL STREAM FLOODING OCCURRING IN SOME
PLACES FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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.