NWS Mount Holly NJFF.W 0125August 20, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Kent, Caroline and Queen Anne's, DE and MD
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a flash flood warning for Kent, Caroline and Queen Anne's in Delaware, Maryland, which was in force until 11:00 p.m. local time on August 20. It was the 125th flash flood warning the NWS office in Mount Holly issued in 2026. Delaware had 8 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 4 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Delaware's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 4.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mount Holly NJ
- Area
- Kent, Caroline and Queen Anne's
- State
- Delaware
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:53 p.m. EDT, August 20, 2026
- Expires
- 11:00 p.m. EDT, August 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPHI FF.W 0125
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Kent County in central Delaware... Northern Caroline County in eastern Maryland... Southeastern Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 653 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Dover, Denton, Harrington, Camden, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Bowers, Goldsboro, Woodside and Viola.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.