[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/28/2004 11:49:49 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1157 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
1157 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004

...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
 
THE REMNANTS OF ONCE HURRICANE JEANNE WERE MOVING NORTH THROUGH 
NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS MORNING. THE CENTER OF THIS SYSTEM IS 
EXPECTED TO PASS OFF THE DELMARVA COAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

RAIN...SOME OF IT HEAVY...WAS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 
AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE THIS MORNING. RAINFALL 
RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR
IN PARTS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY...SOUTHERN POCONOS...AND NORTHWESTERN 
NEW JERSEY. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE 
HAVE BEEN REPORTED...BUT AS OF 1130 AM...NO STREAM FLOODING HAD YET 
DEVELOPED. 

THIS CURRENT AREA OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY 
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD 
REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THIS OCCURS...SOME CREEKS 
AND STREAMS MIGHT EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND 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 AFTERNOON. 

ALONG THE ATLANTIC SHORE AND THE BAYS, POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY BE 
EXACERBATED IF THE HEAVY RAIN COINCIDES WITH THE HIGH TIDE. SOME 
STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 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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