Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
With the morning’s waterfall downpours and streams rising, the National Weather Service has a flood warning in effect for Philly and portions of Bucks and Burlington Counties until 6:15 p.m., and flood watch for the entire region until 8 p.m. Monday.
The rains have been episodic and capricious, as they are wont to behave in July, but “where it’s raining, it’s really, really raining,” said Lee Robertson, meteorologist at the weather service office in Mount Holly.
The rains have come just as the vegetation was showing those hay-brownish tints and taking on that I-need-a-drink look.
But even with Sunday’s generous soakings — 1.15 inches officially at Philadelphia International Airport — the city’s year-to-date rains have been only about 75% of normal.
All of New Jersey and Chester County remain under state-declared drought “warnings.”
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With the morning’s waterfall downpours and streams rising, the National Weather Service has a flood warning in effect for Philly and portions of Bucks and Burlington Counties until 6:15 p.m., and flood watch for the entire region until 8 p.m. Monday.
The rains have been episodic and capricious, as they are wont to behave in July, but “where it’s raining, it’s really, really raining,” said Lee Robertson, meteorologist at the weather service office in Mount Holly.
The rains have come just as the vegetation was showing those hay-brownish tints and taking on that I-need-a-drink look.
But even with Sunday’s generous soakings — 1.15 inches officially at Philadelphia International Airport — the city’s year-to-date rains have been only about 75% of normal.
All of New Jersey and Chester County remain under state-declared drought “warnings.”
Read more: inquirer.com/weather/flood-warning-downpours-philadelphia-drought-20260706.html
📝 by Anthony R. Wood / Staff
📹 by Monica Herndon, Tom Gralish, Conor Smith / Staff
✂️ by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
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