[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/26/2003 5:57:13 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
450 AM EST SUN OCT 26 2003

...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE 
POSSIBLE ON MONDAY...

AN ACTIVE AND SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT OUR 
REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING.  THE SYSTEM IS CARRYING 
PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITH IT AND IT HAS THE KIND OF SUPPORT ALOFT THAT 
COULD TAP THAT MOISTURE TO GENERATE HEAVY RAINFALL.  IT ALSO HAS THE 
KIND OF WIND PROFILE THAT COULD GENERATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. 

BETWEEN 1.50 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL...MAINLY ON MONDAY 
BUT PERHAPS BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN POCONOS 
AND THE LEHIGH VALEY...BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES TO OUR EAST.  SUCH 
RAINFALL COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.  
MOREOVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED 
OUT.  THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SUCH WIND GUSTS WOULD BE MONDAY 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY MONDAY EVENING. 

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ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEB SITE AT
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