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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
520 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2002


...RAIN HEADING OUR WAY...

A STORM SYSTEM GETTING ORGANIZED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL
REACH OUR AREA TONIGHT AND THEN HEAD OFF TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY.
SINCE THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER OR VERY CLOSE TO OUR
AREA...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MILD ENOUGH TO KEEP MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION IN LIQUID FORM. THE SYSTEM WILL BE A FAST MOVER...
THEREFORE LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. WHILE RAINFALL MAY BE
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY EARLY TONIGHT...AMOUNTS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1 INCH. WHILE PONDING ON ROADWAYS IS
ALMOST A CERTAINTY...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

IN THE POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY...SNOW MAY MIX WITH
THE RAIN AT TIMES TONIGHT IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY WHEN 
THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES MODERATE TO HEAVY...BUT LITTLE OR NO
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. IT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY
MIDDAY SATURDAY AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE IN THE DAY. AGAIN...
LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

ELSEWHERE...THE STEADY RAIN WILL BECOME SHOWERY LATE TONIGHT INTO 
SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN TAPER OFF TO SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES IN THE
AFTERNOON.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON BEING OUT AND ABOUT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...
BE ALERT FOR DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PLEASE STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING 
TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON 
THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL 
IN LOWER CASE).

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RPW


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