[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/15/2005 8:35:38 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 160035
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
835 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

PAZ054-055-160300-
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
835 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN POCONOS THIS EVENING...

AT 825 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT STATIONARY
OVER NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE
PAST HOUR OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY, NEAR AND EAST
OF MOUNT POCONO, WITH LOCALIZED AREAS AROUND 2.5 INCHES.

SOME OF THE SHOWERS WERE FORMING TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER CARBON
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR UNTIL
THE STORMS WEAKEN OR DRIFT SOUTHWARD LATER THIS EVENING.

AREA RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ON ROUTES 80 AND 380 SHOULD WATCH FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH LATE
EVENING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS, AND DO NOT DRIVE
AROUND BARRICADES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR LOCAL
COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

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