Flash Flood Warning

Locations Affected

Reading, PA ∙ Gibraltar, PA ∙ Topton, PA ∙ Whitfield, PA ∙ Alleghenyville, PA ∙ Limekiln, PA ∙ Grill, PA ∙ Kutztown, PA ∙ Blandon, PA ∙ New Berlinville, PA

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 732 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024 The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania... * Until 1130 PM EDT. * At 732 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. 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... Reading, Wyomissing, Birdsboro, Kutztown, Fleetwood, Sinking Spring, Laureldale, Wernersville, Topton, Elverson, Bally and Bechtelsville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 176 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 1 and 11. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 296 and 300. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 4058 7573 4045 7553 4024 7570 4014 7587 4032 7615 4041 7598 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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