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WGUS71 KPHI 040128
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
928 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025
DEC003-PAC029-045-040330-
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NEW CASTLE DE-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-
928 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW CASTLE, SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER AND DELAWARE
COUNTIES...
AT 928 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING, BUT RAIN HAS SINCE
ENDED. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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
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