[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/31/2002 17:38:47

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 
VALID UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...THE ENTIRE
STATES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE...AND MUCH OF MARYLAND.  PORTIONS 
OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WHICH HAD BEEN 
UNDER ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 8 PM ARE NOW 
INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH.

A COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL 
MOVE EAST INTO THE VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION. 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE 
FRONT...AND REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN 
RECEIVED. 

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 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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EBERWINE/KRAUS

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