[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/18/2004 4:31:30 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
413 PM EDT MON OCT 18 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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...BETHLEHEM...
CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...
PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
413 PM EDT MON OCT 18 2004

...A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY 
MORNING...

HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.  THE 
AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST.

RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN 
NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHEASTERN 
MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 
MIDNIGHT.

THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY FOR A TIME FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY 
MORNING AND THERE MAY BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.  RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER WILL 
BE COMMON.  THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER 
RAINFALL TOTALS.

THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 
THERE WILL LIKELY BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF 
POOR DRAINAGE.  ALSO, THE HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE YOUR VISIBILITY 
WHEN DRIVING.  BE SURE TO LEAVE YOURSELF A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO 
REACH WORK OR SCHOOL ON TUESDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD PULL OUT OF THE REGION BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING.

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