Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2026
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2026, 11:13 AM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2026, 11:13 AM EDT (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2026, 2:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Cooperstown, NJ | Flooding along Veterans Parkway and Babbit Lane with some flooding around Bradford Lane as well. Time estimated. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
256
WGUS51 KPHI 061513
FFWPHI
NJC005-PAC017-061915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0028.260706T1513Z-260706T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1113 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 1113 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1 hour.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding caused by
thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Willingboro, Medford, Lumberton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol,
Mount Holly, Tabernacle, Bordentown, Beverly, Tullytown and
Pemberton.
People attending St. Michaels Fair should seek shelter immediately.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 42 and 57.
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 5 and 7A.
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 37 and 40.
Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 357 and 359.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4016 7472 4017 7471 4017 7470 4003 7459
3998 7457 3992 7460 3981 7472 3978 7480
3979 7483 3979 7484 4002 7492 4011 7493
4017 7473
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Hoeflich2 follow-up statements
365
WGUS71 KPHI 061646
FFSPHI
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1246 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026
NJC005-PAC017-061915-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-260706T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Burlington NJ-Bucks PA-
1246 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS
COUNTIES...
At 1246 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses.
Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Willingboro, Medford, Lumberton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol,
Mount Holly, Tabernacle, Bordentown, Beverly, Tullytown and
Pemberton.
People attending St. Michaels Fair should seek shelter immediately.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 42 and 57.
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 5 and 7A.
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 37 and 40.
Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 357 and 359.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4016 7472 4017 7471 4017 7470 4003 7459
3998 7457 3992 7460 3981 7472 3978 7480
3979 7483 3979 7484 4002 7492 4011 7493
4017 7473
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
Hoeflich954
WGUS71 KPHI 061839
FFSPHI
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
239 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026
NJC005-PAC017-061849-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-260706T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Burlington NJ-Bucks PA-
239 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN 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.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for portions of
northern Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
&&
LAT...LON 4016 7472 4017 7471 4017 7470 4003 7459
3998 7457 3992 7460 3981 7472 3978 7480
3979 7483 3979 7484 4002 7492 4011 7493
4017 7473
$$
HoeflichThe 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, 10:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| 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, 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 |
| Jul 5, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 5, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Jul 6, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 9:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 78 min | |
| Jul 6, 11:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Jul 6, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 48 min | |
| Jul 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Jul 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Jul 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 82 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.