Sometimes you forget the basics. Here's the latest forecast for Delaware County from the National Weather Service at 5:30 a.m. Monday:
• FLOOD WATCH: SANDY WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR
REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE RUNOFF STILL SWELLING RIVERS
TUESDAY AND BEYOND.
SANDY WILL SLAM INTO THE NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING WITH FLOOD
PRODUCING RAINFALL FROM SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE
PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA...ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...ALL
OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE.
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
PORTIONS OF DELAWARE.... IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...
CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
• RAINFALL: FOUR TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION
BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM THE
PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD. RAINFALL OVER THE
POCONOS INTO FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST
LATER TODAY AND TOTALS BY TOMORROW MORNING SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN
2 AND 4 INCHES.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE PHILADELPHIA...
WILMINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS AS WELL AS MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE
AND THE REMAINDER OF DELAWARE.
* BANDS OF SQUALLY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES
NEAR 1 INCH FOR SEVERAL HOURS...FORCING VERY FAST RISES OF SMALL
STREAMS...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET
FLOODING. BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LEAVES WILL TEND
TO GET WASHED INTO STORM DRAINS, WHICH WILL LOCALLY ENHANCE THE
FLOODING. PLAN ON SOME ROAD CLOSURES AND PROBABLE DELAYS
REACHING YOUR DESTINATION.
SOME OF THE LARGER MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL
TUESDAY OR BEYOND...HOWEVER THIS DEPENDS ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST
RAIN ACTUALLY OCCURS.
: A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
• 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... INCLUDING
FOLLOWING DETOURS AND LIVING COMFORTABLY WITH SUBSTANTIAL TRAVEL
INCONVENIENCE DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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