[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/5/2005 2:31:03 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
258 PM EDT TUE APR 5 2005

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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
258 PM EDT TUE APR 5 2005

...SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON - 
MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY...

A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL MOVE 
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE POCONOS TO NEAR THE NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY BORDER 
DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT MAY TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS 
WHICH COULD LOCALLY PRODUCE UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN ACROSS
CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND IN MORRIS, SUSSEX AND
WARREN COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY. 

ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO 
THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES ON THURSDAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING 
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE ENTIRE REGION. RAINFALL 
TOTALS ON THURSDAY WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT A HALF 
INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR DURING 
THURSDAY COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS. 

THE UPCOMING RAINS WILL AFFECT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MORE THAN 
THE LARGER RIVERS. SINCE CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY QUITE WET FROM THE 
RECENT RAINS, ANY HEAVY RAINS COULD DEVELOP FLOODING OVER THE 
SMALLER STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS. 

AT THIS TIME, HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT FORECAST TO BE WIDESPREAD. 
THEREFORE, ANY FLOODING THAT MIGHT OCCUR, SHOULD NOT BE NEARLY AS 
BAD AS WHAT WAS SEEN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. 

LARGER RIVERS THAT ONLY GET SLIGHTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE COULD SEE 
SOME RENEWED FLOODING. HOWEVER, ON THE DELAWARE RIVER, RENEWED 
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. 

YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RAINFALL 
FORECAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WE WILL ISSUE ANOTHER STATEMENT 
AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. 


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