[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/5/2003 9:38:58 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
930 PM EST WED NOV 5 2003

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH THE 
SOUTHERN EASTERN SHORE...SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE AND CAPE MAY COUNTY 
NEW JERSEY...
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
TO MOVE INTO AND THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. FARTHER UPSTREAM THE 
STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STORM TOTALS OF UP TO TWO AND 
A HALF INCHES AND CAUSED POOR DRAINAGE AND IN SOME INSTANCES STREAM 
FLOODING. 

A PAIR OF STRONGER STORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CAROLINE AND 
TALBOT BY MIDNIGHT AND AFFECT MOST OF SUSSEX COUNTY BETWEEN 1030 PM 
AND 100 AM OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THEM. 
 
IF YOU HAVE TRAVELING PLANS OVERNIGHT...IF POSSIBLE...TAKE ROADS 
THAT ARE NOT PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...FALLEN 
LEAVES WILL NOT ONLY MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY...BUT ALSO IMPEDE THE 
DRAINAGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN INTO CATCH BASINS. IF YOU CAN 
OVERNIGHT...DO NOT PARK YOUR VEHICLE UNDER ANY TREES. IF THE WINDS 
COME TO FRUITION...THEY MIGHT TEAR DOWN SOME WEAK OR DISEASED LIMBS 
OR TREES.

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TFG






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