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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EST THU DEC 19 2002

...MILD...RAINY...AND WINDY ON FRIDAY...

WEATHER SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR HOURS WILL BE MOVING 
RATHER QUICKLY. MILD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL BE REPLACED 
BY COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. 

A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH EARLY FRIDAY ACCOMPANIED 
BY A STEADY LIGHT RAIN. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AND THEN SHOWERS 
AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE WITH AN APPROACHING 
COLD FRONT FROM WEST TO EAST. 

THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND 
IS UNSTABLE AND UNSEASONABLY MILD. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A 
COUPLE HOURS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM. ANY 
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH STRONGER WINDS THAT WILL 
RESIDE JUST A FEW THOUSAND FEET OVERHEAD. 

RAINFALL MAY APPROACH AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN A VERY SHORT 
TIME AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THIS IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 
WHAT SOME SMALLER STREAMS CAN ACCOMMODATE. AS A RESULT...SOME 
STREAMS MAY SWELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND SOME WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED 
SOME TIME FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY. ONE OF 
THE QUICKEST STREAMS TO RISE...AND IN THE PATH OF THE HEAVY RAIN... 
IS THE CHRISTINA RIVER IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...IN THE VICINITY OF 
COOCHS BRIDGE. OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE DELAWARE 
RIVER WILL BE MONITORED AS WELL. 

LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY WILL ALSO BE MILD AND RAINY 
BUT ARE LIKELY TO ESCAPE THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST RAINS. 

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