[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/28/2003 5:11:26 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 AM EST FRI NOV 28 2003


...STRONG COLD FRONT TO CROSS AREA THIS EVENING...

LOW PRESSURE OVER KENTUCKY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS 
PENNSYLVANIA TODAY.  THE LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MID 
ATLANTIC AREA THIS EVENING.  INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD 
ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BECOMING STEADIER AND HEAVIER THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.  THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO 
SHOWERS TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. A FEW SNOW 
SHOWERS OR FLURRIES MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ACROSS THE 
POCONOS, NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 
WHILE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME, SOME 
FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE, 
ESPECIALLY WHERE LINGERING LEAVES ARE BLOCKING STORM DRAINS. SMALLER 
STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RESPOND WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL AND MAY 
RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL BY SATURDAY MORNING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A 
STREAM, CREEK OR RIVER, KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS.

AS THE FRONTAL ZONES CROSSES THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP.  THE AREA MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE DELMARVA.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
 
AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA LATE TONIGHT INTO 
SATURDAY, COLDER AIR WILL SWEEP IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT. AS A RESULT, 
LINGERING RAIN ACROSS THE POCONOS, NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND INTO THE 
LEHIGH VALLEY MAY CHANGE TO SOME WET SNOW OR FLURRIES LATE TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.

IN ADDITION, THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN SATURDAY AS 
IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE 
ENTIRE REGION, WITH WIND SPEEDS DURING SATURDAY LIKELY REACHING 30 
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. ALONG
WITH THE GUSTY WINDS ON SATURDAY, CHILLY TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. 
SOME SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE POCONOS, 
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND PARTS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY. 

WHEN TRAVELING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL 
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
$$

FOR COMPLETE WEATHER INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (IN LOWER CASE LETTERS).

RPW