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Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 5:11 AM Jun. 23, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Morris County in northern New Jersey...
South Central Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey...

* Until 515 AM EDT.

* At 111 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1
hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 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...
Dover, Hopatcong, Wharton, Rockaway, Mount Arlington, Mountain
Lakes, Stanhope, Netcong, Victory Gardens, Andover,
Succasunna-Kenvil and Succasunna.

This includes Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 25
and 41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED;
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

Flood Watch
Issued: 7:58 PM Jun. 22, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Delaware, including the following
area, New Castle, New Jersey, including the following areas,
Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris,
Northwestern Burlington, Salem, Somerset and Western Monmouth, and
southeast Pennsylvania, including the following areas, Delaware,
Eastern Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Lower Bucks, Philadelphia,
Upper Bucks, Western Chester and Western Montgomery.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Flash flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban
areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Showers and thunderstorms with rainfall rates potentially of
1-2 inches per hour are expected across the watch area. In
urban locations, this will be enough to trigger flash
flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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