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Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2026Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2026-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2423 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2026-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

Cooper
1 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

$$

Cooper

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex50 min
Aug 7, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren67 min
Aug 7, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren44 min
Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren65 min
Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren54 min
Aug 7, 4:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Aug 7, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth25 min
Aug 7, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset and 1 more55 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer44 min
Aug 7, 5:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex3 hr
Aug 7, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer3 hr
Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset50 min
Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset3 hr
Aug 7, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Aug 7, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Aug 7, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Aug 7, 6:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth3 hr
Aug 7, 7:19 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 7, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh62 min
Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks3 hr
Aug 7, 3:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton3 hr
Aug 7, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton2 hr
Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware64 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.