[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/31/2002 14:45:13

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 
VALID UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EXTREME 
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. WITHIN OUR FORECAST AREA...THE WATCH INCLUDES 
CARBON...MONROE...AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...AND 
SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.

A COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST WAS MOVING ACROSS NEW YORK STATE AND 
PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE VERY WARM AND HUMID 
AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN 
NEW YORK STATE AND OVER NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WERE MOVING EAST.
THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND IN 
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER...IN AND 
CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY 
ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...KEEP AN EYE TO 
THE SKY AND AN EAR TO THE WEATHER RADIO. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS 
AND STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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KRAUS



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