[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/20/2004 2:42:16 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 201842
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
238 PM EDT FRI AUG 20 2004

PAZ054-055-210037-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
238 PM EDT FRI AUG 20 2004

...HEAVY RAIN AND SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...

LOW PRESSURE RIDING ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 
WESTERN NEW YORK STATE SOUTHWEST TO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON 
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE HOT AND HUMID 
AIRMASS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE 
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED 
FROM THIS SYSTEM, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF 
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY
EVENING, AND SO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
UNTIL 700 PM.
 
WITH THE SOIL STILL RELATIVELY MOIST FROM LAST WEEK'S RAIN, SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND DURING 
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE AREAS THAT
EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST RAIN. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE, AS WELL AS SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING, ARE
POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 
UPDATES. 

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