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WGUS71 KPHI 170724
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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BUCKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-
324 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN BUCKS, CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN
PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...
AT 324 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES 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, NORRISTOWN, LANSDALE, WEST NORRITON, EAST NORRITON,
DOYLESTOWN, HATBORO, SOUDERTON, AMBLER, COLLEGEVILLE, JENKINTOWN
AND CHALFONT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
NORTHEAST EXTENSION BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 35.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 334 AND 352.
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 4023 7482 4016 7484 4007 7514 4008 7518
4021 7556 4022 7559 4035 7532
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
GUZZO
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