Flash Flood Warning Issued
From
Delaware Water Gap
Sent
Tue, Aug 6 @ 7:10pm
Description
Flash Flood Warning issued August 6 at 6:57PM EDT until August 6 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
FFWPHI
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
Northeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
East Central Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 1100 PM EDT.
* At 657 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is
1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
East Stroudsburg, Hackettstown, Blairstown, Belvidere, Oxford,
Hope, Delaware Water Gap, Columbia, Great Meadows-Vienna,
Millbrook and Allamuchy-Panther Valley.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 22.
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 312 and 314.
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
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