[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/27/2003 5:46:43 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
538 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003

...MORE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST INTO THE EVENING...

AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE 
PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND BORDER. AT THEIR PRESENT PACE...THESE STORMS 
COULD REACH THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 7 PM...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BY 730 PM.

MUCH LIKE THE STORMS OF LAST EVENING AND EARLIER TODAY...SOME OF 
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY 
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN 
SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IN MARYLAND...NO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT 
YET FURTHER TO THE EAST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET... 
FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AND IN CASE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF OUR AREA.

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KRAUS


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