Flood Watch

...AREAS OF FLOODING LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO QUEBEC
TODAY. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION
TONIGHT AND BE OFF THE COAST THURSDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF
RAIN AND MELTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE FLOODING NOT ONLY OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS BUT A NUMBER OF STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS AS
WELL.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY 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 NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY TO PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD LOW-LYING...POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MINOR TO MODERATE
RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE RARITAN AND PASSAIC BASINS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND
THE SCHUYLKILL BASIN IN PENNSYLVANIA. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE
LATE TODAY INTO THURSDAY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND NEAR FLOODED
STREAMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE INTERSTATE 78 CORRIDOR.
* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SMALL
STREAM FLOODING OR A PERIOD OF EXTENSIVE POOR DRAINAGE STREET
FLOODING. IN PENNSYLVANIA, BERKS, LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON, BUCKS,
MONTGOMERY, PHILADELPHIA, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND ADJACENT
NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE. THEN FOR NEW
JERSEY...MERCER, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MORRIS
* THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL RAINFALL.
MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE SNOW WILL BE MELTED BY THURSDAY MORNING.
THAN SNOW MELT RUNOFF OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COMBINED WITH THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE ENOUGH TO
CAUSE A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE REGION OF FLOODING CREEKS... STREAMS
AND SMALLER RIVERS. THE RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF SHOULD BE
APPROACHING CREST THURSDAY, THOUGH ONE OR TWO OF THE LARGER AND
SLOWER TO RESPOND RIVERS MAY REMAIN IN FLOOD INTO FRIDAY.

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