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Bulletin: …FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT…

* WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE…Portions of northern Delaware, including the following
area, New Castle, New Jersey, including the following areas,
Camden, Coastal Ocean, Eastern Monmouth, Gloucester, Hunterdon,
Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Northwestern Burlington, Ocean, Salem,
Somerset, Southeastern Burlington, Sussex, Warren and Western
Monmouth, and Pennsylvania, including the following areas, Berks,
Carbon, Delaware, Eastern Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Lehigh,
Lower Bucks, Monroe, Northampton, Philadelphia, Upper Bucks,
Western Chester and Western Montgomery.

* WHEN…From 10 AM EDT this morning through late tonight.

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Multiple rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms are
expected for Saturday into Saturday night. Storms will be
capable of producing rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches within
a period of just one to two hours leading to flash flooding.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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Info:

Type: Flood Watch

start_time_local: 2026-07-18T10:00:00-04:00

end_time_local: 2026-07-19T02:00:00-04:00

county_name:

state: PA

headline: Flood Watch from SAT 10:00 AM EDT until SUN 2:00 AM EDT

county_fips:

category: Met

url:

urgency: Unknown

severity: Moderate

certainty: Unknown

geographicname: Upper Bucks County

state_name: Pennsylvania