[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/27/2004 8:56:05 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 280103
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
900 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-281000-
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
900 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004


...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY...
 
THE REMNANTS OF JEANNE OVER NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO 
TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD TONIGHT AND EXIT NEAR 
NORFOLK VIRGINIA TUESDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND 
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TOWARD MORNING AND ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY.  
CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO FALL SOUTH AND 
EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 IN THE DELMARVA AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
HALF OF NEW JERSEY, WHERE WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS 
EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR. FARTHER TO THE 
NORTH AND WEST ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN 
NEW JERSEY, AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES, IT APPEARS THIS AMOUNT OF 
RAIN WILL NOT CAUSE WIDESPREAD STREAM OR RIVER FLOODING. HOWEVER, 
SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND MAY 
CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE. THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW 
RISES BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT RAINFALL EXPECTATIONS SHOULD NOT REACH 
FLOOD STAGE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 
FLOODING AND MAKE FOR A MORE DIFFICULT THAN NORMAL COMMUTE TUESDAY 
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. 

ALONG THE ATLANTIC SHORE AND THE BAYS, POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY BE 
EXACERBATED IF THE HEAVY RAIN COINCIDES WITH THE HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT 
SERIES OF HIGH TIDES WILL BE DURING TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT AS THEY SHIFT TO THE 
NORTH. GUSTS MIGHT REACH 40 MPH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WITH LOWER 
GUSTS INLAND. THE ONSHORE FLOW PRECEDING IT ON TUESDAY SHOULD NOT BE 
AS STRONG AND NO MODERATE OR GREATER TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 
SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MIGHT OCCUR ALONG THE SHORE IN SUSCEPTIBLE 
LOCATIONS WITH THE TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH TIDES 
IF WINDS DO NOT SHIFT TO THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST BY THEN.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
 
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