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Flash Flood Warning

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Bucks, PA; Montgomery, PA; Philadelphia, PA

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

Details

At 832 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
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, Trenton, Bensalem, Burlington, Bristol, Hatboro, Jenkintown, Rockledge, Yardley, Newtown, Tullytown and Abington.
People attending St. Michaels Fair should seek shelter immediately.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 29 and 40. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 340 and 359.
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