Flash Flood Warning Issued
From
Douglass Township Police
Sent
Sun, Jul 5 @ 9:13pm
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Description
Flash Flood Warning issued July 5 at 9:05PM EDT until July 6 at 3:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
FFWPHI
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 300 AM EDT.
* At 905 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 2 to 3 inches in 1 hour.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding caused by
thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Reading, Wyomissing, Birdsboro, Fleetwood, Sinking Spring,
Laureldale, Womelsdorf, Wernersville, Robesonia, Leesport,
Bernville and Bechtelsville.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 176 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 1 and 11.
Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 296 and 298.
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.
This notification was posted by Douglass Township Police. Douglass Township Police is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
