HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 408 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 Expiration: 415 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
$$ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issue Date: 133 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 Expiration: 530 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 ...WET SNOW NORTH AND WEST OVERNIGHT...
AROUND AN INCH OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE WELL NORTH
AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BEFORE DAYBREAK. MOST OF THE
ACCUMULATION WILL BE ON GRASSY SURFACES...BUT PLEASE BE CAREFUL
IF YOU ARE DRIVING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PATCHY ACCUMULATION
ON ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT.
$$
MPD FLASH FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 240 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expiration: 600 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009 ...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL TRACK TOWARD
THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING INTO CANADA TOMORROW. AN
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION TOMORROW MORNING.
A COLD FRONT WILL THEN PASS THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW EVENING. A
PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THESE FRONTAL SYSTEMS
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY TOMORROW.
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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
240 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT 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...
EASTERN MONMOUTH...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN
PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* PRECIPITATION WILL START TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TOWARD
DAYBREAK. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS A WINTRY MIX
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY, AND THE
POCONOS. RAIN IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. A TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN IS
EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW. HEAVY RAIN IS THEN
FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. RAINFALL IS
FORECAST TO AVERAGE ONE TO TWO INCHES, WITH SOME THREE INCH
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND
ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SUCH AS THE PERKIOMEN CREEK,
BRANDYWINE CREEK, AND NESHAMINY CREEK ACROSS SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND ALONG THE MILLSTONE RIVER AND ASSUNPINK CREEK
IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RAINFALL RATES MAY BE QUITE HIGH, ALSO
RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG
MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE DELAWARE AND THE SCHUYLKILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO
FLASH FLOODING, BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED. IF YOU OBSERVE RAPIDLY RISING WATER, MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK IT IS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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