[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/27/2003 2:03:11 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1257 PM EST MON OCT 27 2003


...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE 
NORTHWESTERN PORTION...ALL OF DELAWARE...AND ALL OF THE MARYLAND 
EASTERN SHORE IN AN AREA OF A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAJOR THREAT. 

THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT...RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR
NEAR THE SURFACE...AND AN ACTIVE FRONTAL SYSTEM COULD COMBINE TO
GENERATE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN ON RARE OCCASION SPAWN
A TORNADO.

FOR THE SOUTHERN POCONOS...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND BERKS COUNTY...AS 
WELL AS NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY 
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOWER. 

A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... 
PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE... 
AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.



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