[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Statement 23:51:55.5095

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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1151 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2018

PAC011-029-091-220615-
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Berks PA-Montgomery PA-Chester PA-
1151 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR
BERKS...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTIES...

At 1147 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flash flooding in
Amity Township, Wyomissing, and Washington Twp in Berks County and
in the Pottstown area in Montgomery County. Several water rescues
are in progress. Several streams are rising rapidly in the warning
area with flooding imminent, especially on French Creek in Chester
County and the West Branch Perkiomen Creek in Montgomery County. Up
to two and a half inches of rain has fallen in these areas with
another inch of rain possible. Flash flooding is expected to
continue for the next few hours.

Some locations that could experience flooding include...
Reading, West Chester, Pottstown, Phoenixville, Coatesville,
Wyomissing, Downingtown, Souderton, Birdsboro, Collegeville,
Royersford, Fleetwood, Sinking Spring, Laureldale, Parkesburg,
Trappe, East Greenville, Womelsdorf, Wernersville and Newmanstown.

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 4039 7620 4053 7597 4049 7560 4031 7531
      3999 7552 3984 7602 3987 7599 3993 7600
      3994 7598 3995 7600 4004 7593 4011 7594
      4014 7588 4033 7617 4036 7621

$$

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