[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/30/2004 3:48:32 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 PM EDT MON AUG 30 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-
INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
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-
339 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004

...SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING LIKELY 
THROUGH TONIGHT...

TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF GASTON AND 
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS 
EVENING. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM PENNSYLVANIA 
WILL TRIGGER ITS OWN SHARE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 
 
THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE COAST AND PASS THROUGH EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA EARLY TONIGHT REACHING THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN 
AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND MOVING OFF THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY. 
TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES 
EAST. THIS MEANS THAT THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS HAS BEEN THE CASE SO FAR TODAY IN 
BURLINGTON COUNTY AND SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE.  AS THE REMNANTS OF 
GASTON MOVE THROUGH LOWER DELMARVA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE THIS 
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAIN COULD AFFECT 
THOSE AREAS. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND LOWER DELMARVA 
SHOULD AVERAGE ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THE HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING BEFORE THE ONSET OF 
THE WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAIN.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE SHOULD GENERALLY AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE HALF
TO ONE INCH...BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
WHILE WIDESPREAD STREAM FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...A COUPLE OF FASTER
RESPONDING STREAMS MIGHT FLOOD IF A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER
THE SAME STREAM.

THE RECENT DRY WEATHER HAS GIVEN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS A CHANCE TO
RETURN CLOSER TO NORMAL LEVELS AND MOST PLACES WOULD NEED OVER TWO
AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR TO START STREAM FLOODING. 
NEVERTHELESS...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING
AREA FLOODING. PLEASE BE WARY OF CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS
ONE CAN GO FROM NO RAIN INTO HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER SHORT DISTANCES. 

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING...PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO THE FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS IF 
THEY BECOME NECESSARY.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO
CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION.  


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