[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/22/2003 3:26:41 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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


DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-230200-
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-
321 PM EST MON DEC 22 2003


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

WHILE MOST PEOPLE WILL BE WISHING FOR SNOW...IT APPEARS AS THROUGH
A RAINY PERIOD IS IN STORE...AND IT MIGHT BE HEAVY AT TIMES. 

HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND LOW PRESSURE 
OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING A MILD SOUTHWEST TO WEST 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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