Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
At 606 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain in with roads closed and flooded out around
Birdsboro. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding
impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. Flash
flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Reading, Wyomissing, Birdsboro, Sinking Spring, Laureldale,
Womelsdorf, Wernersville, Robesonia, New Morgan, Spring Ridge,
Shillington and West Reading.