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Flash Flood Warning for Berks, PA; Carbon, PA; Lehigh, PA +2 more

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What is happening

At 441 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. 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...

What the bulletin says to do

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

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Bulletin details

At 441 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. 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... Lehighton, Northampton, Palmerton, Kutztown, Jim Thorpe, Slatington, Fleetwood, Nesquehoning, Walnutport, Lenhartsville, Jordan Valley and New Tripoli. This includes the following highways... Northeast Extension between mile markers 60 and 79. Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 33 and 49.

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Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Flash Flood Warning issued August 7 at 4:41PM EDT until August 7 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

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  2. Alert

    Flash Flood Warning issued August 7 at 4:04PM EDT until August 7 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Mount Holly NJ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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