Hatboro, Horsham Braces For Flooding From Upcoming Storm

HATBORO / HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA —Here comes another storm.

After this past weekend's storm hit Hatboro and Horsham with some snow and heavy rain, officials are alerting residents about a storm Tuesday that the National Weather Service said will be much worse.

Forecasters are predicting two to three inches of additional rain from a storm moving in for Tuesday and Wednesday. If the forecast holds, the area will see flooding, especially with the ground still saturated from the last few storms, officials said.

The National Weather Service of Philadelphia/Mount Holly has issued a flood watch for the entire region from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon.

Forecasters are saying that excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and are expected to flood with more heavy rain.

Horsham Community Police Services said that damaging winds are possible, which may down trees and power lines. The most significant impacts appear to occur Tuesday night. However, the exact timing and details remain uncertain at this time.

Hatboro officials are asking residents to be weather aware as well. Please stay tuned to local news outlets for updates.

National Weather Service of Philadelphia/Mount Holly said that there's a "much more powerful storm system" that will impact the area beginning during the middle to latter part of Tuesday and lasting Tuesday night into Wednesday.

The storm is likely to be quite an impactful event with significant flooding possible, the weather service said, for both freshwater flooding due to heavy rains and coastal flooding due to very strong south/southeast winds late day Tuesday and Tuesday night.

Along the coast, winds could gust to over 60 mph. Gusts inland will likely be at least 40 to 50 mph. This could lead to numerous power outages.

For a briefing on this storm please see: https://www.weather.gov/media/phi/current_briefing.pdf

For more information on the significant river flooding threat, check out this link at the Mid Atlantic River Forecast Center:

https://www.weather.gov/marfc/Flood_Outlook

For further local forecast details, please visit weather.gov/phi.