[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/1/2003 5:12:34 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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DEZ002>004-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ020>027-020000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEARING DOWN ON THE LOWER 
DELMARVA AND SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH 
MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN EASTERN SHORE...KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES 
DELAWARE AND SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY BETWEEN NOW AND 8 PM.

THIS LINE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO 
INCHES PER HOUR AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND 
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION THE STRONGER 
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 35 
MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE AIR MASS OVER 
SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND DELMARVA REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE AND IT IS 
EXPECTED THAT THIS LINE SHOULD NOT WEAKEN UNTIL IT NEARS THE 
IMMEDIATE COAST WHERE A SEA BREEZE HAS DEVELOPED.  

PERSONS TRAVELING TO THE SHORE ARE ADVISED TO BE WARY FOR CHANGING 
ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. 

MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND INJURIES OCCUR IN OPEN FIELDS OR UNDER
TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT
TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL SHEDS...UNDER ISOLATED TREES...OR IN
CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES.

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TFG

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