NWS Mount Holly NJFF.W 0137August 27, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Warren and Northampton, NJ and PA
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a flash flood warning for Warren and Northampton in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 137th flash flood warning the NWS office in Mount Holly issued in 2026. New Jersey had 56 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 12 in an average August of 2008-2025 (New Jersey's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.9 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
- Warren and Northampton
- State
- New Jersey
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:52 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPHI FF.W 0137
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey since 2008Every warning type in New Jersey
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The notice as issued
FFWPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Warren County in northwestern New Jersey... Central Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 452 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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 indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Wilson, Washington, Nazareth, Bath, Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford, Belfast and West Easton.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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The record around this notice
- Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey since 200846 a year
- Every warning type in New Jersey
- Flash Flood Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most3,924 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels