Auburn 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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TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1244 PM EDT THU SEP 04 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT
SATURDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THIS TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS FOR AREAS WELL INLAND...AND
WAS ISSUED AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING...THERE IS ALSO A FLOOD
WATCH IN EFFECT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
AS HANNA MOVES UP THE COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY EVENING...THEN BECOME HEAVIER ON
SATURDAY. FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND URBANIZED
AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF THIS HEAVY RAIN.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY
FLOODING WHILE DRIVING...TURN AROUND.
...WINDS...
FREQUENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH...ARE
POSSIBLE BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY
EVENING.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER ON SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE ARE MORE LIKELY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
AS HANNA MOVES UP THE COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY EVENING...THEN BECOME HEAVIER ON
SATURDAY. FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND URBANIZED
AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF THIS HEAVY RAIN.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
ON THE MAIN STEM DELAWARE RIVER...RISES OF UP TO 3/4 BANKFULL ARE
POSSIBLE. ON THE LOWER SCHUYLKILL RIVER NEAR PHILADELPHIA...RISES
UP TO NEAR BANKFULL ARE POSSIBLE.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 600 PM THIS EVENING.
$$
AMC

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