At 338 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms produced heavy rain across the warned area. Additional storms will impact the warned area through 530 AM. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 30 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Philadelphia, Camden, Wilmington, Newark, West Chester, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill, Bensalem, Mount Laurel, Norristown, Chester and Willingboro.