[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/12/2003 6:06:28 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
604 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003


...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE 
POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS FOLLOWING THURSDAY AND 
THURSDAY NIGHT...

A BAND OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A STATIONARY FRONT THAT WAS ALONG THE 
MASON-DIXON LINE AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS MORNING HAD 
SHIFTED SOUTH INTO VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND BY SUNSET. RAIN 
AMOUNTS TODAY RANGED MOSTLY FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH IN NORTHEASTERN 
MARYLAND, DELAWARE, AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. LIGHTER RAIN AMOUNTS 
OCCURRED IN CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA.

THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST 
TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE 
REGION AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN 
MIDNIGHT AND 600 AM. IN FACT, A NARROW LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 
COULD ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT ITSELF. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER 
IN NORMAN OK HAS PLACED OUR AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN 
EARLIER TODAY MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND 
POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS, SO WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER IN THOSE SPOTS.
   
ONCE THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA TOWARD OR AROUND SUNRISE 
THURSDAY MORNING, WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST. SUSTAINED WIND 
SPEEDS THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 35 
MPH, AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH COULD OCCUR. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN 
EFFECT FOR LAND AREAS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT, AND A GALE WARNING IN IS 
EFFECT FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT, 
AND EVEN INTO FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER LAND AREAS 
FRIDAY AS WELL, ALTHOUGH PROBABLY NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS THURSDAY. 
WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE FINALLY 
BUILDS OVER THE REGION.

PREPARE BEFORE ANY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AFFECT YOUR LOCATION LATER 
TONIGHT, OR THE STRONG GENERAL WINDS ON THURSDAY. INSURE THAT ANY 
LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS ARE EITHER BROUGHT INSIDE OR ARE TIED DOWN 
SECURELY. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING LATER TONIGHT, THROUGH 
THE DAY THURSDAY, AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY THOSE 
DRIVING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHEN TRAVERSING BRIDGES AND 
OVERPASSES WHICH ARE EXPOSED TO STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS. THE STRONG 
WINDS COULD EASILY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL, LEADING TO SOME POWER 
OUTAGES, AND POSSIBLY KNOCK DOWN SOME WHOLE TREES AS WELL. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO 
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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