[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/13/2005 4:13:20 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
409 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005

NJZ001-007>010-012-013-PAZ054-055-060>062-140200-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-
MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...NEW BRUNSWICK...
PERTH AMBOY AND READING
409 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...CHANCE FOR STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING...
...UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR 
SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS 
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF THIS AREA.
ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT OCCUR EVERYWHERE, ANY STORM WILL
BE CAPABLE  OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
THIS WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING. KEEP ALERT TO ANY WEATHER CHANGES THIS AFTERNOON AND GO
INDOORS QUICKLY IF YOU HEAR THUNDER. 

ON SUNDAY, THE WORST OF THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL HAVE MOVED 
AWAY FROM THE REGION. STILL, VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LINGERING 
HUMIDITY WILL LEAVE UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION. HIGH 
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 80S OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS 
OF THE POCONOS TO THE LOW 90S ELSEWHERE. THE HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT
FOR THE RARITAN BASIN IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON MONDAY AND THE
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE EVEN MORE COOLER AS FREQUENT CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. 

TO BEAT THE HEAT, LIMIT YOUR TIME OUT OF DOORS IF POSSIBLE, 
ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON.  BE SURE TO CHECK ON 
YOUR ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.  THE ELDERLY ARE MOST 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS. WATCH OUT FOR CHILDREN 
AND PETS AS WELL.
 
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OHARA

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