[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/28/2004 5:15:28 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
520 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 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 
520 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004

...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...
 
THE REMNANTS OF JEANNE WERE LOCATED AROUND 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE CENTER WILL PASS OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AROUND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT.

RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES WILL FALL ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA ESPECIALLY THIS
MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. 

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. THERE
SHOULD NOT BE ANY PROBLEMS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING BUT
THERE MAY BE SOME STREET FLOODING ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS DURING THE
EVENING HIGH TIDE. 

AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW APPROACHES THE COAST LATER TONIGHT THE WINDS 
WILL INCREASE AND GUSTS MIGHT REACH 40 MPH AT TIMES PAST MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT. GALE WARNING ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE ENTIRE NEW JERSEY AND 
DELAWARE COASTS. 

THERE ARE NO FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME BUT 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
 


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