[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/12/2002 03:38:22

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WWUS81 KPHI 120742
SPSPHI
DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>018-021-PAZ060-067-068-070-
071-122000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 AM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF 
PENNSYLVANIA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THIS EVENING. TO 
THE SOUTH OF THIS FRONT WILL BE AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. 

THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT TO 
THE NORTH...WILL ALLOW LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO 
DEVELOP. IF THE SUN IS ABLE TO POKE OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS 
TODAY...THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM AND IN TURN COULD CAUSE 
THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE.

FOR THIS REASON...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS 
PLACED PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST NEW 
JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.   

IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THIS EVENING...KEEP AN 
EYE TO THE SKY AND AN EAR TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO... TO LISTEN FOR 
FURTHER STATEMENTS AS WELL AS ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS WHICH MIGHT BE 
ISSUED.  

IF YOU ARE NEAR A COMPUTER...DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO 
BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS BY TYPING IN SMALL LETTERS... 
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI.

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RNS