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Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 3:58 AM Aug. 3, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN, EASTERN LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON AND NORTHWESTERN
BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 1158 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate
is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch
are possible in the warned area. 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...
Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Emmaus, Northampton,
Quakertown, Wilson, Hellertown, Nazareth, Wind Gap and Bath.

This includes the following highways...
Northeast Extension between mile markers 39 and 60.
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 54 and 76.

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 AND GAUGE INDICATED;
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

Flood Watch
Issued: 6:20 PM Aug. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

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

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected
across the area tonight through Monday. Rainfall rates of 1
to 3 inches per hour possible. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2
inches are possible with localized amounts to 3 to 5 inches
which could cause flash flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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