National Night Out Canceled In Horsham Due To Forecast

HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA —National Night Out is canceled due to inclement weather on Tuesday, township officials said.

Horsham Community Police Services said that due to the "high probability of rain," it has scrapped the National Night Out Event planned for Tuesday night.

A rescheduled date was not announced in the Facebook post by Horsham ChATs.

"Thank you to everyone who put so much into this event," Horsham ChATs said.

Storms and heavy rain are expected to move into the region Tuesday afternoon and remain until Wednesday morning.

The Horsham Township Police Department had planned on holding the event from 6-9 p.m. at the Horsham Township Municipal Complex.

National Night Out began out of the Philadelphia suburbs. In the 1970s, Matt Peskin volunteered for Lower Merion's neighborhood watch, patrolling his neighborhood and often collaborating with local police. He found the collaboration between law enforcement and civilians to be successful and began collaborating with similar groups, establishing the National Association of Town Watch in 1981.