[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/6/2005 6:01:04 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
600 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

PAZ054-055-060>062-070030-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
600 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BERKS COUNTY 
AND PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND SOUTHERN POCONOS BETWEEN 615
PM AND 715 PM...

AT 600 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF BERKS 
COUNTY BY AROUND 615 PM, BUT ARE MORE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO
NORTHWESTERN CARBON AND NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES BETWEEN 615
PM AND 630 PM. PORTIONS OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES MAY BE
AFFECTED BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
OTHERWISE, A FAIRLY BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH 
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON 
ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IN ADDITION, DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE 
THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING 
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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