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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
659 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern New Castle County in northern Delaware...
  Southwestern Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 659 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
  0.5 and 2 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 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...
  Wilmington, Newark, Elsmere, Kennett Square, Oxford, West Grove,
  Newport, Landenberg, Kemblesville, North Star, Pike Creek and
  Hockessin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7579 3972 7614 3974 7611 3973 7610
      3975 7610 3976 7606 3983 7604 3983 7602
      3985 7602 3985 7601 3987 7600 3987 7599
      3989 7599 3990 7599 3990 7585 3985 7559
      3984 7560 3983 7549 3961 7570 3962 7579

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

$$

Staarmann