...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CAMERON...ELK...MCKEAN... POTTER AND WARREN.

* FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN THIS WEEKEND. AN INCREASINGLY MOIST...EAST TO SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...DRAWING DEEP ATLANTIC MOISTURE WELL INLAND AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE SATURDAY EVENING.

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. LOCAL HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH MELT OF THE REMAINING SNOW COVER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLOODING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. PERSONS NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON LATER FORECASTS...STATEMENTS AND CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

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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