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Flash Flood Warning

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New Castle, DE; Gloucester, NJ; Salem, NJ; Delaware, PA

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

At 207 PM EDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
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, Wilmington, Newark, Chester, Deptford, West Deptford, Pennsville, Bellmawr, Yeadon, Woodbury, Carneys Point and Folcroft.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 25. Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 0. New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 2. Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 11. Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 0 and 23.
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