[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 5/24/2004 1:44:47 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
120 PM EDT MON MAY 24 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-
120 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004

...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS. UNSTABLE AIR IS
LIKELY TO COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO GENERATE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, A FEW OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 400 PM
FROM MIDDLESEX SOMERSET AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES AND NORTHWARD IN NEW
JERSEY, AS WELL AS LEHIGH NORTHAMPTON CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

PEOPLE SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE
INDOORS SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO, THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 

ALSO, TEMPERATURES OF 85 TO AROUND 90 DEGREES AND DEW POINTS OF 
65 TO 70 WILL COMBINE TO RAISE THE HEAT INDEX TO 90 TO 95 THIS 
AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY IN THE URBANIZED AREAS OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY. 
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON, AVOID OVERHEATING 
YOURSELF. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WITH THE ELDERLY, THE VERY YOUNG AND 
THE INFIRM, AS THEY ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT STRESS. ALSO, 
PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR PETS COOL. MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS 
TO A SHADY AND WELL VENTILATED LOCATION AND COOL WATER TO DRINK. IF 
AT ALL POSSIBLE, BRING THEM INDOORS.


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