[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/21/2003 10:38:11 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1023 AM EDT MON SEP 22 2003

...PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

THE LAST FULL DAY OF SUMMER WILL END ON A CLOUDY NOTE AS SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACH FROM THE WEST. LATE 
THIS MORNING, THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED ACROSS THE OHIO AND 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH OUR REGION TONIGHT.

THE COLD FRONT ITSELF WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC 
STATES AFTER DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY. IT IS AT THIS TIME WHERE THE 
HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. EXPECT THE TUESDAY 
MORNING RUSH HOUR TO BE WET. PONDING ON THE HIGHWAYS IS CERTAINLY 
POSSIBLE.

GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH AND ONE INCH CAN BE 
EXPECTED WITH THIS FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. BUT DUE TO ITS TROPICAL 
CONNECTIONS WITH HURRICANE MARTY LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND 
THE FACT THAT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL ALSO BE INJECTED 
INTO THE SYSTEM, ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND 
ONE-HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 

IF IN FACT PORTIONS OF THE REGION DO RECEIVE ABOUT TWO INCHES OF 
RAIN, SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD BE VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING. 
A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR SELECT COUNTIES 
AFTER INCOMING MORNING DATA IS REVIEWED. TO COMPOUND POSSIBLE 
PROBLEMS RELATED TO FLOODING, WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH COULD ALSO OCCUR 
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WITH THIS IN MIND, STAY TUNED TO 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR ANY UPDATED 
INFORMATION.

FOR COMPLETE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: 
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI.

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