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Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): New Castle; Hunterdon; Somerset; Middlesex; Western Monmouth; Eastern Monmouth; Mercer; Salem; Gloucester; Camden; Northwestern Burlington; Ocean; Cumberland; Atlantic; Coastal Atlantic; Coastal Ocean; Southeastern Burlington; Delaware; Philadelphia; Western Chester; Eastern Chester; Western Montgomery; Eastern Montgomery; Upper Bucks; Lower Bucks
Effective: 2026-08-19 @ 1:08 pm -> 2026-08-20 @ 4:00 am
Onset: 2026-08-20 @ 11:00 am -> 2026-08-21 @ 1:00 am
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Mount Holly NJ on 2026-08-19 @ 1:08 pm
Headline: Flood Watch issued August 19 at 2:08PM EDT until August 21 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Description: * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Delaware, including the following
area, New Castle, New Jersey, including the following areas,
Atlantic, Camden, Coastal Atlantic, Coastal Ocean, Cumberland,
Eastern Monmouth, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex,
Northwestern Burlington, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Southeastern
Burlington and Western Monmouth, and southeast Pennsylvania,
including the following areas, Delaware, Eastern Chester, Eastern
Montgomery, Lower Bucks, Philadelphia, Upper Bucks, Western Chester
and Western Montgomery.

* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through late Thursday night.

* 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 showers and thunderstorms are expected across
the area beginning Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.
Rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour are possible. Rainfall
amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with localized amounts of 3
to 5 inches which could cause flash flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Tuscarawas; Carroll; Coshocton; Harrison; Jefferson; Muskingum; Guernsey; Belmont; Noble; Monroe; Washington; Greene; Hancock; Brooke; Ohio; Marshall; Wetzel; Marion; Monongalia
Effective: 2026-08-19 @ 11:36 am -> 2026-08-19 @ 7:45 pm
Onset: 2026-08-19 @ 3:00 pm -> 2026-08-20 @ 1:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Pittsburgh PA on 2026-08-19 @ 11:36 am
Headline: Flood Watch issued August 19 at 12:36PM EDT until August 20 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
Description: * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of east central Ohio, including the following
areas, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson
OH, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble and Tuscarawas, southwest
Pennsylvania, including the following areas, Greene and Washington,
and West Virginia, including the following areas, Brooke, Hancock,
Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and Wetzel.

* WHEN...From 4 PM EDT this afternoon through Thursday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Additional rounds of thunderstorms with heavy downpours are
anticipated, particularly later tonight and early Thursday.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood