Bulletin: …FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING…
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE…Portions of Delaware, including the following areas,
Delaware Beaches, Inland Sussex, Kent and New Castle, New Jersey,
including the following areas, Atlantic, Atlantic Coastal Cape
May, Camden, Cape May, Coastal Atlantic, Coastal Ocean,
Cumberland, Eastern Monmouth, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer,
Middlesex, Morris, Northwestern Burlington, Ocean, Salem,
Somerset, Southeastern Burlington and Western Monmouth, and
southeast Pennsylvania, including the following areas, Delaware,
Eastern Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Lower Bucks, Philadelphia,
Upper Bucks, Western Chester and Western Montgomery.
* WHEN…From late Friday night through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Widespread heavy rainfall of 2.5 to 3.5 inches is forecasted
Friday night through Saturday night with locally higher
amounts possible. Excessive runoff may continue to cause
rivers, creeks, and streams to rise on Sunday, even when the
heavy rain has stopped.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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Info:
Type: Flood Watch
start_time_local: 2024-03-23T04:00:00-04:00
end_time_local: 2024-03-24T08:00:00-04:00
county_name:
state: PA
headline: Flood Watch from SAT 4:00 AM EDT until SUN 8:00 AM EDT
county_fips:
category: Met
url:
urgency: Unknown
severity: Moderate
certainty: Unknown
geographicname: Upper Bucks County
state_name: Pennsylvania
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