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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2026, 10:32 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 5, 2026, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2026, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
290
WGUS51 KPHI 060232
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-060630-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0019.260706T0232Z-260706T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1032 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 230 AM EDT.
* At 1032 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
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...
Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Delaware Water Gap,
Pocono Pines, Scotrun, Long Pond, Reeders, Tannersville,
McMichael, Pocono Raceway and Paradise Valley.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 277 and 308...and
between mile markers 312 and 314.
Northeast Extension between mile markers 87 and 98.
Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4101 7573 4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569
4112 7563 4122 7554 4123 7551 4125 7513
4115 7516 4114 7508 4108 7503 4109 7497
4104 7503 4099 7513 4097 7585
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
AKL1 follow-up statement
606
WGUS71 KPHI 060632
FFSPHI
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
232 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026
PAC025-089-060642-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-260706T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
232 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON AND
MONROE COUNTIES...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT Monday for portions
of northern Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
&&
LAT...LON 4101 7573 4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569
4112 7563 4122 7554 4123 7551 4125 7513
4115 7516 4114 7508 4108 7503 4109 7497
4104 7503 4099 7513 4097 7585
$$
MPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 77 min |
| Jul 5, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 10:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
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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.