[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 7/27/2004 3:36:20 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ007>010-015>019-021-PAZ060>062-067>071-
272230-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-CUMBERLAND NJ-
DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-
MERCER NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-
SOMERSET NJ-WARREN NJ-
331 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004

...SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON....

AT 330 PM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER BERKS COUNTY IN
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAIN IN ADDITION TO
HEAVY RAINS RECEIVED EARLIER TODAY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS
AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR AT LEAST LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS AND
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. 

OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL DELAWARE,
AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A
SHORT TIME...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES TO AN
HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WHICH DEPOSITED ABOUT TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS
THAN AN HOUR CAUSED ROAD FLOODING AND FLOODING OF AT LEAST ONE SMALL
CREEK IN SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, NEAR AMBLER. 

ALSO...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY HAD
COPIOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INSIDE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF
APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA...INCLUDING
NORTHERN DELAWARE SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW
JERSEY. IF DRIVING...WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.

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