Hell or high water on Karakung Drive
We caught some pics and video of Karakung creek (officially Cobbs Creek). About an hour after, the weather service issued a flood warning for Delco:
FLOOD WARNING ISSUED APRIL 30 AT 4:27PM EDT UNTIL APRIL 30 AT 9:45PM EDT BY NWS PHILADELPHIA – MOUNT HOLLY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN… BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA… MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE… CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND… CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 414 PM EDT…RAINFALL, BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES, HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS, STREETS, AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES. SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL ALSO RISE ABOVE THEIR BANKS. SOME CREEKS INCLUDE THE MANATAWNY, PERKIOMEN AND IT`S BRANCHES, FRENCH, WISSAHICKON, CHESTER, CRUM, AND THE BRANDYWINE AND IT`S BRANCHES. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
All the cars lined up for Chatham pickup today
Chatham’s front lawn
More of Cobbs Creek
The corner of Wood & Oakmont today, sent in by Townie Denise Wolff