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Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2026, 5:01 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2026, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
513
WGUS51 KPHI 072101
FFWPHI
NJC019-041-PAC017-077-095-080000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0112.260807T2101Z-260808T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
Southwestern Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
East Central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
Southeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 501 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 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...
Bethlehem, Quakertown, Perkasie, Byram, Bedminster, Hellertown,
Tinicum, High Bridge, Clinton, Alpha, Dublin and Glen Gardner.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 21.
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 61 and 72.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7545 4068 7518 4072 7507 4075 7485
4065 7482 4040 7497 4035 7500 4035 7529
4049 7540
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Cooper1 follow-up statement
256
WGUS71 KPHI 072356
FFSPHI
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
756 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
NJC019-041-PAC017-077-095-080006-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0112.000000T0000Z-260808T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hunterdon NJ-Warren NJ-Bucks PA-Lehigh PA-Northampton PA-
756 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
CENTRAL HUNTERDON, SOUTHWESTERN WARREN, EAST CENTRAL LEHIGH,
SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON AND NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7545 4068 7518 4072 7507 4075 7485
4065 7482 4040 7497 4035 7500 4035 7529
4049 7540
$$
CooperThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 48 min | |
| Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Aug 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Aug 7, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Aug 7, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 64 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.