Flash Flood Warning

Locations Affected

Reading, PA ∙ Baumstown, PA ∙ Greenfields, PA ∙ Lyndell, PA ∙ Pennside, PA ∙ Geigertown, PA ∙ Warwick, PA ∙ Flying Hills, PA ∙ Gibraltar, PA ∙ Brandywine Manor, PA

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 852 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024 The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania... North Central Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania... * Until midnight EDT tonight. * At 852 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated showers and isolated thunderstorms producing very heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 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, Coatesville, Wyomissing, Downingtown, Birdsboro, Laureldale, Honey Brook, Elverson, New Morgan, Glenmoore, Spring Ridge and Shillington. This includes the following highways... Interstate 176 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 1 and 11. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 296 and 310. 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 4037 7599 4039 7586 4037 7575 4015 7571 4001 7568 4002 7576 3999 7589 4011 7593 4012 7592 4014 7588 4015 7589 4015 7590 4016 7592 4017 7593 4019 7595 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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