[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/13/2002 13:39:40

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
145 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A 
TORNADO WATCH...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO 
WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
BERKS...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA.

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

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

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNES...CAROLINE AND TALBOT.

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS 
DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL 
VIRGINIA.  THIS LINE WILL BECOME STRONGER AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST 
THROUGH VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE DELMARVA REGION.  STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  BECAUSE 
OF STRONG WIND PATTERNS ALOFT...THERE IS ALSO THE RISK OF TORNADOS 
WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR 
THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.  YOU CAN 
ALSO CHECK OUR WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT...
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI

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