Flood Watch

...FLOODING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO QUEBEC
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BE OFF THE COAST BY
THURSDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTING SNOW COULD
PRODUCE FLOODING.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
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...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET AND
WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...DELAWARE...EASTERN
CHESTER...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...LOWER BUCKS...
PHILADELPHIA...UPPER BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN
MONTGOMERY.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
COULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD LOW-LYING...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MINOR TO MODERATE RIVER
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE
RARITAN AND PASSAIC BASINS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE
SCHUYLKILL BASIN IN PENNSYLVANIA. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE
LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OR NEAR ANY
FLOODED STREAMS.
* ULTIMATELY THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL
RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT MOST IF NOT
ALL OF THE SNOW WILL BE MELTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE
RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF INTO THE SMALLER RIVERS CREEKS AND
STREAMS SHOULD BE APPROACHING CREST THURSDAY OR HAVING ALREADY
PEAKED BY THEN.

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