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On July 6, 2020, the NWS issued a Flash Flood Emergency for [[Tacony Creek]] and [[Frankford Creek]], the former situated along [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]] and [[North Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and the latter along Philadelphia's [[Frankford, Philadelphia|Frankford]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cappucci|first=Matthew|date=2020-07-06|title=Flash flood emergency in Philadelphia as storms dump half a foot of rain in two hours|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/07/06/flash-flood-emergency-philadelphia-storms-dump-half-foot-rain-two-hours/|access-date=2020-07-11|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

On September 2, 2021, the NWS issued a first ever Flash Flood Emergency for [[New York City]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] and [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] Counties in [[Connecticut]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Significant Flooding in Parts of CT After 1st Ever Flash Flood Emergency Issued|url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/weather-news/stories/first-alert-remnants-of-ida-to-bring-heavy-rain-wednesday-night-into-thursday-flooding-possible/2573136/|website=NBC Connecticut|date=September 2021 |language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-02}}</ref> and most of Central [[New Jersey]] a region that stretches over 200 miles, as the remnants of [[Effects of Hurricane Ida (2021)in the Northeastern United States|Hurricane Ida ]] transitioned and intensified into a [[post tropical cyclone]] causing torrential rains. Some areas reported up to 10 inches of rain in less than an hour. Although the region was forecasted to experience heavy rains, this event is considered unprecedented as such a warning has never been issued to the area. The region had already experienced above average precipitation for most of the Summer due to previous storm systems and tropical storms affecting the area.

On July 28, 2022, the NWS issued several Flash Flood Emergencies in eastern Kentucky for catastrophic and deadly flooding.<ref>{{Cite web | title = IEM :: Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) App|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/?wfo=KJKL&phenomena=FF&significance=W&etn=38&year=2022#2022-O-NEW-KJKL-FF-W-0038/USCOMP-N0Q-202207280320}}</ref>

On March 27, 2023, the NWS issued a Flash Flood Emergency for a dam break on the Head's Creek Reservoir in Spaulding County, Georgia. A [https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1640378615375470594 statement] was later posted on Twitter.

On September 27, 2024, a Flash Flood Emergency was issued for [[Metro Atlanta]] as [[Hurricane Helene (2024)|Hurricane Helene]] brought catastrophic flooding to the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=FFWFFC&e=202409271107 |title=FFC Flash Flood Warning 65 |publisher=National Weather Service Peachtree City, Georgia |date=27 September 2024 |website=mesonet.agron.iastate.edu }}</ref>

==Example of a flash flood warning and emergency==

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====Flash Floodflood Emergencyemergency Inin Initialinitial Bulletinbulletin====

Note that this warning contains the enhanced wording '''[[Particularly Dangerous Situation]]'''. These types are extremely dangerous, and should be treated as such.

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* Until 145 PM PST.

* At 1044 AM PST, trained weather spotters reported heavy rain

across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to

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* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...

Bodfish, Lake Isabella, Riverkern, Kernville and Wofford Heights.

Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and

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====Flash Floodflood Emergencyemergency Inin Followfollow-Upup Statementstatement====

This particular Flash Floodflood Emergencyemergency also includes the enhanced wording "[[Particularly Dangerous Situation]]".

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