[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/26/2004 4:49:57 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
420 AM EDT MON APR 26 2004


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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
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MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD-
WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
420 AM EDT MON APR 26 2004

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY IN LOWER DELMARVA...
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REGION 
TODAY...
...SHARPLY COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WILL TRIGGER MORE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE MOST OF THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO 
BE MOSTLY CLOUDY...SOME SUNSHINE SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN 
NEW JERSEY AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF DELMARVA. THIS ADDED 
SUNSHINE MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO ENERGIZE THE THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH 
STRONG OR SEVERE LIMITS IN SOUTHERN DELMARVA. THIS IS THE REASON THE 
STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THIS AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN THE VIGOROUS WINDS ALOFT...THE MAIN 
THREAT FROM THE STORMS WOULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING 
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. 

THROUGHOUT THE REGION NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING 
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR. UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER 
SIMILAR LOCATIONS...STREAM AND SMALL RIVER FLOODING IS NOT 
ANTICIPATED.

THE SEVERE WEATHER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD END BY EARLY THIS 
EVENING ALTHOUGH SHOWERS COULD LINGER UNTIL AFTER
MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

MUCH COOLER AIR...FIRST ALOFT...THEN NEAR THE SURFACE...WILL WORK ITS

WAY INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY. THE COLD AIR ALOFT WILL AGAIN MAKE 
OUR AIR MASS UNSTABLE AND SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP. AS 
COLDER AIR MOVES IN TUESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO 
DROP CLOSE TO IF NOT BELOW THE FREEZING MARK IN PARTS OF 
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. A FREEZE WARNING 
MAY BECOME NECESSARY IN AREAS WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN. 
ELSEWHERE IT WOULD BE WISE TO HOLD OFF FROM PLANTING FLOWERS OR 
VEGETABLES THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO COLD WEATHER AS WE ARE STILL WITHIN 
THE NORMAL CLIMATOLOGICAL RANGE FOR FROSTS...IF NOT FREEZES...TO 
OCCUR.  

A QUICK MODERATING TREND IS STILL EXPECTED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 
THE WEEK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA 
OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
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