[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/22/2003 8:47:52 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
839 PM EST MON DEC 22 2003

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BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-
HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-
SOMERSET NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
839 PM EST MON DEC 22 2003

...MILD WITH RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY 
EVENING...

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING A MILD SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW
TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...ANYWHERE FROM
THE MID TO UPPER 40S IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY TO THE SOUTHERN POCONOS 
AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...TO THE 50S ELSEWHERE DURING THE DAY AND 
REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING AT NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO 
WEDNESDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM JUST UNDER ONE 
INCH TO AROUND ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES. 

THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED AND SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE RUNNING
HIGH. THE AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM WOULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE
SOME STREAMS TO RISE TO BANKFULL OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. 

STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS BROADCAST OVER THE 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND DISPLAYED ON OUR WEB SITE AT 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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