[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/12/2002 17:26:54

[n2qae@arrl.net]

WWUS81 KPHI 122126
SPSPHI
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>026-PAZ067>071-130200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS 
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA.

IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX.

IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
ATLANTIC...SALEM...CUMBERLAND AMD CAPE MAY.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNES...CAROLINE AND TALBOT.
 
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS 
WAS CURRENTLY MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD FROM BERKS COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO 
BALTIMORE. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. 

THIS LINE IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH SO BASED ON THE 
MOTION ALONE THIS LINE WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THE 
STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLY CAUSING WIND DAMAGE. IF THIS LINE HOLDS 
TOGETHER...IT WILL GET TO PHILADELPHIA AND WILMINGTON BETWEEN 630 
AND 700 PM AND TO ATLANTIC CITY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. 

PERSONS WHO HAVE TRAVELING PLANS FOR MOTHERS DAY OR OTHERWISE ARE 
WELL ADVISED TO WAIT IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS LINE PASSES 
THROUGH. 

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND IN 
EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER...IN AND 
CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY 
THUNDERSTORMS.

$$

TFG
 

WWWW