FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2011
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...SOMERSET...
SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...
BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...
MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RAIN MAY BEGIN
AS EARLY AS OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER,
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY THURSDAY
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COULD AVERAGE AS MUCH AS
TWO TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE,
ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. THESE AMOUNTS SHOULD BE
VIEWED AS PRELIMINARY, SO PLEASE LOOK FOR FURTHER UPDATES IN THE
COMING DAYS.
* THE ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS, AS WELL AS CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE RUNOFF COULD ALSO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG
MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE PASSAIC RIVER IS THE MOST VULNERABLE DUE TO
ONGOING FLOODING. THE RARITAN, DELAWARE AND SCHUYLKILL RIVERS ALSO
ARE VULNERABLE. MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT HIGHER THAN
NORMAL LEVELS AND MAY NOT RETURN TO NORMAL FLOW BEFORE THIS NEXT
RAIN STORM.
* WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END BY FRIDAY MORNING, THE
EFFECTS FROM THE FLOODING WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND OR
LONGER FOR LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE LARGER, SLOWER-RESPONSE
RIVERS.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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