Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued August 7 at 4:47PM EDT until August 7 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 7, 2026 - 1:47pm
Expires:
August 7, 2026 - 3:30pm
Description:
At 447 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate
is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 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...
East Stroudsburg, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, East Bangor,
Delaware Water Gap, Stormville, Analomink, Saylorsburg, Henryville
and Alpine Mountain.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in New Jersey near mile marker 0.
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 304 and 314.
Instruction:
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Monroe, PA; Northampton, PA
Forcast Office:
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov