Flash Flood Warning

FFWPHI

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Kent County in central Delaware... Southwestern New Castle County in northern Delaware...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 653 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

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... Middletown, Smyrna, Clayton, Delaware City, Mount Pleasant, Green Spring, Port Penn, Saint Georges, Delaney Corner, Bear, Glasgow and Townsend.