[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 7/31/2003 10:43:15 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT...

HUMID AIR HAS ONCE AGAIN SETTLED IN ACROSS THE REGION. A WEAK 
SURFACE WARM FRONT SITUATED ACROSS THE AREA WILL INTERACT
WITH THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BE AROUND THIS AFTERNOON AND 
TONIGHT. WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT FORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF
LOCALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE SHOWER 
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

ANY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD
RESULT IN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...IF FLOODING 
DOES OCCUR...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS SINCE THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

AS A PERSISTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SPINS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES 
REGION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 

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GORSE

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