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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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...CARBON...DELAWARE...EASTERN
CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...MONROE...
NORTHAMPTON...PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER
AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY.

* FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY. WHILE GENERAL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE
ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES, SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS REACHING
THREE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIER RAIN POTENTIAL
SHOULD START IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND LATER THIS MORNING AND
THEN SPREAD INTO THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF
THE AFTERNOON.

* EXPECT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WITH A GREATER IMPACT ON COMMUTING AS WE MOVE
THROUGH TODAY. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD FLOOD,
ESPECIALLY IF SIMILAR AREAS THAT HAD HEAVY RAIN ON SUNDAY
EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN TODAY.


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.