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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
622 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...MILLVILLE...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY
428 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY...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 SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE 
  MAY...CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND AND SALEM.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT

* THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE
  NORTHEAST THIS EVENING, PASSING THOUGH EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEW
  JERSEY BEFORE PUSHING OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED
  TO BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE WATCH AREA
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY
  FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY ALREADY, AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL EXPECTED, SOME FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN THE REGION.

* IN THE COUNTIES COVERED BY THE FLOOD WATCH...ROADS AND AREAS 
  OF POOR DRAINAGE MAY BECOME FLOODED. ALSO...SMALL STREAMS AND 
  CREEKS MAY RUN HIGH OR THEY MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. 

YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND WEATHER STATEMENTS AND BE ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE
TO FLOODING...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING
DEVELOPS.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS...THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK IT IS.

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422 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT   
  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SPOTS. ADDITIONAL    
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3978 7607 4010 7595 4025 7569 4007 7537
      3988 7562 3979 7542 3963 7560 3959 7555
      3947 7559 3937 7551 3929 7565 3930 7576
      3938 7577 3938 7602 3956 7599 3955 7599
      3954 7608 3972 7624