Asbury Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1201 PM EDT THU SEP 04 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN DELAWARE...
  DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE. IN
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES
  AND TALBOT. IN NEW JERSEY...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...SUSSEX...
  WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...
  CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
  NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* AT 11 AM EDT...TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 110 MILES
  EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. IT WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT
  20 MILES PER HOUR...AND THIS MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY WITH A
  GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL MOVE ALONG THE
  MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. IT IS
  EXPECTED TO BRING 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE WATCH AREA FROM
  LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS
  HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. THE
  HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY.
* IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA...ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY
  BECOME FLOODED. ALSO...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RUN HIGH
  OR GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS WITH THIS EVENT.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. ANYONE
DRIVING WHO ENCOUNTERS A FLOODED ROADWAY SHOULD NOT TRY TO DRIVE
ACROSS IT. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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TFG

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