[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/13/2002 02:49:11

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WWUS81 KPHI 130651
SPSPHI
DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-131500-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

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

A FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE DELAWARE VALLEY 
WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THIS MORNING AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY 
NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. 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 ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE THIS 
AFTERNOON...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM AND IN TURN COULD CAUSE 
THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. 

FOR THIS REASON...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS 
PLACED DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND UNDER A MODERATE RISK FOR 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS JUST TO THE 
NORTH...WHICH INCLUDE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...AND 
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IN ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...A GOOD PORTION OF NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND 
NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR TODAY INTO 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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