[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 6/29/2003 11:00:40 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1100 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2003

...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED 
SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...AND THE NORTHEAST MARYLAND SHORE IN A SLIGHT 
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR 
EVENING ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE COAST FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING 
WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY WARM QUITE HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS... 
ALONG WITH FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WINDS...TO GENERATE A FEW SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST 
THREAT MAY INDEED BE FROM PHILADELPHIA TO POINTS SOUTH...ESPECIALLY 
OVER NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. 

ALTHOUGH THE SOUTHERN POCONOS THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN 
NEW JERSEY ARE NOT IN THE AREA OF SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...THESE AREAS WILL AT LEAST HAVE A CHANCE FOR 
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.

LIGHTNING CAUSES THUNDER...SO ALL THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN LIGHTNING. 
LIGHTNING SHOULD BE TREATED AS A POTENTIAL THREAT AND ANY 
THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE RESPECTED AS A POSSIBLE DANGER. REMEMBER... 
LIGHTNING KILLS MORE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ON AVERAGE THAN 
EITHER TORNADOES OR THE DAMAGING WINDS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE 
INTERNET AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI.

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