[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 06/19/2003 20:48:38

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WWUS81 KPHI 200050
SPSPHI
DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-015>019-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-200300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
850 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003

...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN 
POCONOS AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY WILL SHIFT EASTSOUTHEASTWARD THIS 
EVENING...

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 
STROUDSBURG TO ALLENTOWN TO SOUTHEAST OF READING PENNSYLVANIA...AND 
SOUTH TO BALTIMORE...WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTSOUTHEASTWARD DURING THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE MID AND LOWER DELAWARE 
VALLEY AND SOUTH TO THE NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND SHORE. INDICATIONS ARE 
THAT THIS LINE WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS LIGHTNING AND THUNDER
TO LOCATIONS FROM A MORRISTOWN NJ TO TRENTON TO PHILADELPHIA 
LINE...AND SOUTH TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND ...BY ABOUT 930 TO 
10 PM THIS EVENING AS THE LINE MOVES EASTSOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES 
AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT TIME COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS 
AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR LOCALIZED 
ROAD FLOODING. A SPOTTER JUST NORTH OF READING PENNSYLVANIA REPORTED 
A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES...AND TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF 
RAIN OCCURRED IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR ALLENTOWN.  

SCATTERED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR COULD OCCUR FROM 
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. 

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR 
TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON 
THE INTERNET AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.


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