[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/12/2002 13:02:00

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WWUS81 KPHI 121448
SPSPHI
DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>018-021>023-PAZ060-067-068-
070-071-122030-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 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. IT APPEARS SOME SUN WILL BE ABLE TO POKE OUT FROM BEHIND 
THE CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM AND IN 
TURN COULD CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE. A LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND IN 
WEST VIRGINIA. IF THIS LINE ARRIVES BY EARLY EVENING AND IF 
ENOUGH SUNSHINE STREAMS THROUGH...THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT REACH SEVERE 
LIMITS.

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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.   

IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
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. THE SUNNIER IT IS THIS AFTERNOON...THE 
GREATER THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE.  

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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TFG