Flood Alert for New Jersey

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Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN
324 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...MORRIS...SUSSEX AND WARREN.

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING. WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS, 1 TO 2 WITH
LOCALLY 3 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE.

* ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING.

* ALTHOUGH MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE PASSAIC, RARITAN, AND THE
DELAWARE COULD RISE A COUPLE FEET, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
WITHIN THEIR BANKS.

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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KRUZDLO/NIERENBERG/MEOLA





Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
301 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
301 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUR AREA OUTLINED IN A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS, ALTHOUGH THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AS WELL. THE GREATEST RISK FOR STRONG STORMS
APPEARS TO BE SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND THE DELMARVA BETWEEN 330 PM AND 11 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE ALMOST DAILY ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS
THURSDAY INTO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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