817
WGUS71 KPHI 170448
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1248 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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BURLINGTON NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BUCKS PA-DELAWARE PA-
MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-
1248 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN,
NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER, SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS, DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...
AT 1248 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
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...
PHILADELPHIA, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER CITY, CHERRY HILL, BENSALEM,
MOUNT LAUREL, CHESTER, WILLINGBORO, DEPTFORD, VOORHEES, WEST
DEPTFORD AND FLORENCE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 295 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 53.
INTERSTATE 476 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE BETWEEN EXITS 3 AND 6A.
INTERSTATE 76 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 339 AND 351.
INTERSTATE 95 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 40.
INTERSTATE 676 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 1.
INTERSTATE 676 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 4.
INTERSTATE 76 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 353 AND 359.
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.
LAT...LON 3989 7557 3990 7557 3994 7536 4007 7513
4016 7484 4009 7473 3985 7495 3975 7537
3979 7542 3980 7541 3988 7559
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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