[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/29/2003 5:33:36 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER/WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
530 AM EST SAT MAR 29 2003

...A FEW HAIL GENERATING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...
...SOME SNOW NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SUNDAY...

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE 
REGION BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
EARLY THIS EVENING...AND A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN 
HAIL. 

AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DROP. 
MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 
THE CAROLINA COAST AND MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST.  THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO 
PASS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS TO BRING 
PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA.  FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF THE 
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...THE COMBINATION OF THE PRECIPITATION AND 
THE FALLING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO BRING SOME SNOW.  

PRESENT FORECASTS CALL FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF 
SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...ONE TO 
THREE INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE REST OF NEW 
JERSEY NEAR INTERSTATE 80...AND UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW FOR THE 
NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF PHILADELPHIA AND THE AREA NEAR 
INTERSTATE 78 IN NEW JERSEY.  FOR MANY OF THESE LOCATIONS...THE BULK 
OF THE ACCUMULATION WOULD OCCUR MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. 

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PLEASE LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES...AS THE FORECAST IS SUBJECT TO 
CHANGE.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR 
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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