[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 04/28/2002 17:57:53

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
600 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW JERSEY...

CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND AND ATLANTIC.

IN DELAWARE...

NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX.

IN MARYLAND...

CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...CAROLINE AND TALBOT


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT 
SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES....

IN PENNSYLVANIA...

CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...
MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA.

IN NEW JERSEY...

SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...
MERCER...MONMOUTH...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND 
SALEM.

WARM UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT 
CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING 
HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO 
THE REGION FROM THE WEST.  

STORMS WHICH FORMED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MPH.  BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS 
ALSO REPORTED. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE 
EXPECTED IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST OF NEW JERSEY AS THESE 
STORMS MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  TORNADOES ARE ALSO 
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND DELMARVA. MOST 
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE TO 
KEEP ABREAST OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.

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