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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
732 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.
* AT 732 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS, AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILMINGTON, NEWARK, CHESTER, WESTTOWN, SWARTHMORE, ELSMERE,
KENNETT SQUARE, NEWPORT, ARDEN, TALLEYVILLE, ELAM AND CONCORDVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 476 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.
INTERSTATE 95 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
INTERSTATE 95 IN DELAWARE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4001 7543 4003 7540 4003 7536 3992 7527
3991 7528 3980 7541 3980 7542 3979 7543
3966 7561 3965 7567 3968 7579 3972 7579
3972 7583 3975 7585
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
MPS
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