Positioning scrollable content under fixed flexbox navigation menu

This is sort of a rough hack, but you could create a second header which hides behind the real one which stays in the document flow and pushes down the <main>.

Just duplicate the elements that make up the header, give them a lower z-index and switch it from position: fixed to position: relative. Then just get rid of the height of the hidden <header> element and remove the padding-top from <main>.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#navToggle').click(function() {
    $("div#bottom-container > nav").slideToggle();
  });

  $(window).resize(function() {
      if(window.innerWidth >= "751") {
          $("header > div#bottom-container > nav").show();
      }else {
          $("header > div#bottom-container > nav").hide();
      }
  });

  $("header > div#bottom-container > nav > ul > li > a").click(function(e) {
     if (window.innerWidth <= "750") {
       if ($(this).siblings().size() > 0) {
         e.preventDefault();
         $(this).siblings().slideToggle("slow");
      }
    }
  });

   $("header > div#bottom-container > nav > ul > li").hover(function() {
        if (window.innerWidth >= "751") {
          if ($(this).children("nav").size() > 0) {
            $(this).children("nav").stop().show();
         }
       }
     },function(){
       if (window.innerWidth >= "751") {
         if ($(this).children("nav").size() > 0) {
           $(this).children("nav").hide();
        }
      }
  });
});

* {
  margin: 0;
}

@media (min-width: 48rem) {
  :root {
    font-size: calc(1rem + ((1vw - .48rem) * 1.389));
  }
}

body {
  background: #eee;
  font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Light", Arial;
  height: auto !important;
}

#head-wrap,
#hidden-wrap{
    margin: 0 auto;
    position: relative;
    width:100%;
}
#hidden-wrap header {
  height: inherit;
  position: relative;
}
#second-wrap{
    position: fixed;
    width:100%;
    z-index:999;
}
#second-wrap2{
    position: relative;
    width:100%;
    z-index:998;
}

main{
  height:4000px;
  position:relative;
  /* padding-top:13rem; */
}

header{
  position: absolute;
  top:0;
  left:0;
  width:100%;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
  height:200rem;
}

#navToggle,
#navToggle2{
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
  position: relative;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  z-index:999;
  height: 2.6rem;
}

#navToggle>a,
#navToggle2>a{
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85);
  display: block;
  font-size: 0.85em;
  font-weight: 600;
  padding: 0 2.5rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: all 300ms ease;
  padding-top:.9rem;
}

#bottom-container,
#bottom-container2{
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  text-align: center;
  box-shadow: 2px 5px 10px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
}

#bottom-container>nav,
#bottom-container2>nav{
  background-color: rgb(250, 209, 14);
  display: none;
  flex: 1;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul,
#bottom-container2 nav>ul{
  list-style-type: none;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li,
#bottom-container2 nav>ul>li{
  position: relative;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li>a,
#bottom-container2 nav>ul>li>a{
  display: block;
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .65);
  padding: 1.3rem 0;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li>a span.toggle,
#bottom-container2 nav>ul>li>a span.toggle{
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .05);
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .25);
  padding: 2px 8px;
}

#bottom-container>nav>ul>li>nav,
#bottom-container2>nav>ul>li>nav{
  display: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  top:100%;
  right: 5%;
  width: 90%;
  z-index: 100;
  background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);
  margin-bottom:10rem;
}

header>nav>ul>li>nav>ul>li>a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85);
}

/*
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
////   THIS IS THE ONLY FIX I KNOW OF  //////////
*/
main{
  /*padding-top:5rem;*/
}
/*
////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////
*/

/* Medium screens */
@media all and (min-width: 751px) {
  header{
    overflow-y:visible;
    overflow-x:visible;
    padding-bottom:0;
  }

  #navToggle,
  #navToggle2{
    display: none;
  }

  #bottom-container,
  #bottom-container2{
    background-color: rgb(250, 209, 14);
    width: 100%;
    border-top: calc(5vh + 2vw) solid yellow;
  }

  #bottom-container>nav,
  #bottom-container2>nav{
    display: block;
  }

  #bottom-container>nav>ul,
  #bottom-container2>nav>ul{
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: row;
    height: 3rem;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li,
  #bottom-container2 nav>ul>li{
    position: static;
    flex:1;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li>a,
  #bottom-container2 nav>ul>li>a{
   padding: 0;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li>a span.toggle,
  #bottom-container2 nav>ul>li>a span.toggle{
    display: none;
  }

  #bottom-container >nav>ul>li>nav>ul>li,
  #bottom-container2 >nav>ul>li>nav>ul>li{
    line-height: 2.5rem;
  }
  #bottom-container>nav>ul>li>nav,
  #bottom-container2>nav>ul>li>nav{
    margin-top:-194.5rem;
  }
}

<html>
<head>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="head-wrap">
  <div id="second-wrap">
    <header>
      <div id="navToggle"><a href="#">Menu</a></div>
      <div id='bottom-container'>
        <nav>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="#">ITEM ONE</a></li>
            <li class="sub1">
              <a href="#">ITEM TWO <span class="toggle">Expand</span></a>
            <nav>
              <ul>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 2</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 3</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 4</a></li>
              </ul>
            </nav>
            <li><a href="#">ITEM THREE</a></li>
          </ul>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </header>
  </div>
</div>
<div id="hidden-wrap">
  <div id="second-wrap2">
    <header>
      <div id="navToggle2"><a href="#">Menu</a></div>
      <div id='bottom-container2'>
        <nav>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="#">ITEM ONE</a></li>
            <li class="sub1">
              <a href="#">ITEM TWO <span class="toggle">Expand</span></a>
            <nav>
              <ul>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 2</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 3</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 4</a></li>
              </ul>
            </nav>
            <li><a href="#">ITEM THREE</a></li>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </header>
  </div>
</div>

<main>
  <p>now you can see this text</p>
  <p>line 1</p>
  <p>line 2</p>
  <p>line 3</p>
  <p>line 4</p>
  <p>line 5</p>
  <p>line 6</p>
  <p>line 7</p>
  <p>line 8</p>
  <p>line 9</p>
  <p>line 10</p>
    <p>line 11</p>
    <p>line 12</p>
    <p>line 13</p>
    <p>line 14</p>
    <p>line 15</p>
    <p>line 16</p>
    <p>line 17</p>
    <p>line 18</p>
    <p>line 19</p>
    <p>line 20</p>
</main>
</body>
</html>

Edit: I don't know why I didn't think of this before. Just set #headwrap and <main> to position: relative. Then, remove the height on <main> and set <body> to display: flex and flex-direction: column. Finally, wrap the contents of <main> in a <div>.

Here, I've set the height of the div to 4000px to demonstrate the scrolling.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#navToggle').click(function() {
    $("div#bottom-container > nav").slideToggle();
  });

  $(window).resize(function() {
      if(window.innerWidth >= "751") {
          $("header > div#bottom-container > nav").show();
      }else {
          $("header > div#bottom-container > nav").hide();
      }
  });

  $("header > div#bottom-container > nav > ul > li > a").click(function(e) {
     if (window.innerWidth <= "750") {
       if ($(this).siblings().size() > 0) {
         e.preventDefault();
         $(this).siblings().slideToggle("slow");
      }
    }
  });

   $("header > div#bottom-container > nav > ul > li").hover(function() {
        if (window.innerWidth >= "751") {
          if ($(this).children("nav").size() > 0) {
            $(this).children("nav").stop().show();
         }
       }
     },function(){
       if (window.innerWidth >= "751") {
         if ($(this).children("nav").size() > 0) {
           $(this).children("nav").hide();
        }
      }
  });
});

* {
  margin: 0;
}

@media (min-width: 48rem) {
  :root {
    font-size: calc(1rem + ((1vw - .48rem) * 1.389));
  }
}

body {
  background: #eee;
  font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Light", Arial;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

#head-wrap{
    margin: 0 auto;
    position: relative;
    width:100%;
}

#second-wrap{
    position: relative;
    width:100%;
    z-index:999;
}

main{
  /*height:4000px;*/
  position:relative;
  overflow: auto;
  /* padding-top:13rem; */
}

main>div {
  height: 4000px;
}

header{
  position: relative;
  top:0;
  left:0;
  width:100%;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
  /*height:200rem;*/
}

#navToggle{
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
  position: relative;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  z-index:999;
  height: 2.6rem;
}

#navToggle>a{
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85);
  display: block;
  font-size: 0.85em;
  font-weight: 600;
  padding: 0 2.5rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: all 300ms ease;
  padding-top:.9rem;
}

#bottom-container{
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  text-align: center;
  box-shadow: 2px 5px 10px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
}

#bottom-container>nav{
  background-color: rgb(250, 209, 14);
  display: none;
  flex: 1;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul{
  list-style-type: none;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li{
  position: relative;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li>a{
  display: block;
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .65);
  padding: 1.3rem 0;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li>a span.toggle{
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .05);
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .25);
  padding: 2px 8px;
}

#bottom-container>nav>ul>li>nav{
  display: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  top:100%;
  right: 5%;
  width: 90%;
  z-index: 100;
  background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);
  margin-bottom:10rem;
}

header>nav>ul>li>nav>ul>li>a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85);
}

/*
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
////   THIS IS THE ONLY FIX I KNOW OF  //////////
*/
main{
  /*padding-top:5rem;*/
}
/*
////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////
*/

/* Medium screens */
@media all and (min-width: 751px) {
  header{
    overflow-y:visible;
    overflow-x:visible;
    padding-bottom:0;
  }

  #navToggle{
    display: none;
  }

  #bottom-container{
    background-color: rgb(250, 209, 14);
    width: 100%;
    border-top: calc(5vh + 2vw) solid yellow;
  }

  #bottom-container>nav{
    display: block;
  }

  #bottom-container>nav>ul{
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: row;
    height: 3rem;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li{
    position: static;
    flex:1;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li>a{
   padding: 0;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li>a span.toggle{
    display: none;
  }

  #bottom-container >nav>ul>li>nav>ul>li{
    line-height: 2.5rem;
  }
  #bottom-container>nav>ul>li>nav{
    margin-top:-194.5rem;
  }
}

<html>
<head>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="head-wrap">
  <div id="second-wrap">
    <header>
      <div id="navToggle"><a href="#">Menu</a></div>
      <div id='bottom-container'>
        <nav>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="#">ITEM ONE</a></li>
            <li class="sub1">
              <a href="#">ITEM TWO <span class="toggle">Expand</span></a>
            <nav>
              <ul>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 2</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 3</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Sub Item 4</a></li>
              </ul>
            </nav>
            <li><a href="#">ITEM THREE</a></li>
          </ul>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </header>
  </div>
</div>


<main>
  <div>
  <p>now you can see this text</p>
  <p>line 1</p>
  <p>line 2</p>
  <p>line 3</p>
  <p>line 4</p>
  <p>line 5</p>
  <p>line 6</p>
  <p>line 7</p>
  <p>line 8</p>
  <p>line 9</p>
  <p>line 10</p>
    <p>line 11</p>
    <p>line 12</p>
    <p>line 13</p>
    <p>line 14</p>
    <p>line 15</p>
    <p>line 16</p>
    <p>line 17</p>
    <p>line 18</p>
    <p>line 19</p>
    <p>line 20</p>
    </div>
</main>
</body>
</html>

Please remove first top two div containers of header element as there is no need to wrap header. header element is already container.

Please remove height:200rem; in header style and padding-top: 13rem or 5rem for main element's style.

Finally, please update header style's position property to sticky instead of absolute and add z-index.

Below, I have tested it and updated codebase.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#navToggle').click(function() {
    $("div#bottom-container > nav").slideToggle();
  });

  $(window).resize(function() {
      if(window.innerWidth >= "751") {
          $("header > div#bottom-container > nav").show();
      }else {
          $("header > div#bottom-container > nav").hide();
      }
  });

  $("header > div#bottom-container > nav > ul > li > a").click(function(e) {
     if (window.innerWidth <= "750") {
       if ($(this).siblings().size() > 0) {
         e.preventDefault();
         $(this).siblings().slideToggle("slow");
      }
    }
  });

   $("header > div#bottom-container > nav > ul > li").hover(function() {
        if (window.innerWidth >= "751") {
          if ($(this).children("nav").size() > 0) {
            $(this).children("nav").stop().show();
         }
       }
     },function(){
       if (window.innerWidth >= "751") {
         if ($(this).children("nav").size() > 0) {
           $(this).children("nav").hide();
        }
      }
  });
});

* {
  margin: 0;
}

@media (min-width: 48rem) {
  :root {
    font-size: calc(1rem + ((1vw - .48rem) * 1.389));
  }
}

body {
  background: #eee;
  font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Light", Arial;
  height: auto !important;
}

main{
  height:4000px;
  position:relative;
}

header{
  position: sticky;
  z-index: 100;
  top:0;
  left:0;
  width:100%;
}

#navToggle {
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
  position: relative;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  z-index:999;
  height: 2.6rem;
}

#navToggle>a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85);
  display: block;
  font-size: 0.85em;
  font-weight: 600;
  padding: 0 2.5rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: all 300ms ease;
  padding-top:.9rem;
}

#bottom-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  text-align: center;
  box-shadow: 2px 5px 10px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
}

#bottom-container>nav {
  background-color: rgb(250, 209, 14);
  display: none;
  flex: 1;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul {
  list-style-type: none;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li {
  position: relative;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li>a {
  display: block;
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .65);
  padding: 1.3rem 0;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#bottom-container nav>ul>li>a span.toggle {
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .05);
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .25);
  padding: 2px 8px;
}

#bottom-container>nav>ul>li>nav {
  display: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  top:100%;
  right: 5%;
  width: 90%;
  z-index: 100;
  background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);
  margin-bottom:10rem;
}

header>nav>ul>li>nav>ul>li>a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85);
}

/*
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
////   THIS IS THE ONLY FIX I KNOW OF  //////////
*/
main{
  /* remove padding top */
}
/*
////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////
*/

/* Medium screens */
@media all and (min-width: 751px) {
  header{
    overflow-y:visible;
    overflow-x:visible;
    padding-bottom:0;
  }

  #navToggle {
    display: none;
  }

  #bottom-container {
    background-color: rgb(250, 209, 14);
    width: 100%;
    border-top: calc(5vh + 2vw) solid yellow;
  }

  #bottom-container>nav {
    display: block;
  }

  #bottom-container>nav>ul {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: row;
    height: 3rem;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li {
    position: static;
    flex:1;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li>a {
   padding: 0;
  }

  #bottom-container nav>ul>li>a span.toggle {
    display: none;
  }

  #bottom-container >nav>ul>li>nav>ul>li{
    line-height: 2.5rem;
  }
  #bottom-container>nav>ul>li>nav {
    margin-top:-194.5rem;
  }

<html>
<head>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

  <header>
    <div id="navToggle"><a href="#">Menu</a></div>
    <div id='bottom-container'>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">ITEM ONE</a></li>
          <li class="sub1">
            <a href="#">ITEM TWO <span class="toggle">Expand</span></a>
          <nav>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#">Sub Item 1</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Sub Item 2</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Sub Item 3</a></li>
              <li><a href="#">Sub Item 4</a></li>
            </ul>
          </nav>
          <li><a href="#">ITEM THREE</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </div>
  </header>

  <main>
    <p>content top not visible but should be able to see</P>
    <p>line 1</P>
    <p>line 2</P>
    <p>line 3</P>
    <p>line 4</P>
    <p>line 5</P>
    <p>line 6</P>
    <p>line 7</P>
    <p>line 8</P>
    <p>line 9</P>
    <p>line 10</P>
      <p>line 11</P>
      <p>line 12</P>
      <p>line 13</P>
      <p>line 14</P>
      <p>line 15</P>
      <p>line 16</P>
      <p>line 17</P>
      <p>line 18</P>
      <p>line 19</P>
      <p>line 20</P>
  </main>
</body>
</html>
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Positioning scrollable content under fixed flexbox navigation menu

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