[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 7/31/2004 3:13:13 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
309 PM EDT SAT JUL 31 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-
309 PM EDT SAT JUL 31 2004

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

VERY HUMID AIR HAS SETTLED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, 
DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THIS AFTERNOON.  AS A RESULT, 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED IN THE 
REGION.

ADDITIONALLY, A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMED OVER CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HEAD EAST INTO
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN
DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.

AFTER DARK, WHATEVER IS LEFT TO THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
APPROACH SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AS THEY
WEAKEN.

FORTUNATELY, A STEADY SOUTH WIND WILL PREVENT THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
REMAINING OVER ONE LOCATION FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.  THEREFORE, THE
DOWNPOURS SHOULD NOT LAST TOO LONG. 

TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE AFFECTED.  THE DOWNPOURS WILL RESULT IN 
REDUCED VISIBILITY AND THERE COULD BE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING.  IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER, SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

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