Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Another weather disturbance expected to cause flooding for NJ metro today


...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW
  JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX...
  WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...
  DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...
  LOWER BUCKS...NORTHAMPTON...PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS...
  WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* SEVERAL AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS MORNING PICKED UP
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. SOME ADDITIONAL
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE
  COURSE OF TODAY, SOME OF WHICH CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
  RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* THE SATURATED GROUND COMBINED WITH TIMES OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAINFALL CAN RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF
  POOR DRAINAGE. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OCCURS OVER AN AREA THAT
  PREVIOUSLY PICKED UP VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, THE THREAT FOR FLASH
  FLOODING WILL INCREASE.



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