WGUS71 KPHI 091807
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
207 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

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New Castle DE-Gloucester NJ-Salem NJ-Delaware PA-
207 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN NEW CASTLE, NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER, 
NORTHWESTERN SALEM AND SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...

At 207 PM EDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms producing 
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain 
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. 
Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the 
warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

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, Wilmington, Newark, Chester, Deptford, West 
  Deptford, Pennsville, Bellmawr, Yeadon, Woodbury, Carneys Point 
  and Folcroft.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 25.
	Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 0.
	New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 2.
	Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 11.
	Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 0 and 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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LAT...LON 3968 7579 3992 7525 3988 7526 3988 7522
      3987 7521 3988 7519 3988 7515 3984 7508
      3967 7523 3949 7578

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Cooper