[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/3/2006 4:48:16 AM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

WWUS81 KPHI 030847
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
447 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-032115-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-
MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
447 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
TONIGHT...

THE HOT AND HUMID AIR MASS WHICH HAS PLAGUED THE REGION FOR THE PAST 
SEVERAL DAYS WILL RETAIN ITS GRIP JUST ONE MORE DAY. RELIEF, IN THE 
FORM OF COLD FRONT, IS ON THE WAY JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS 
FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM NEW YORK STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT, AND IS 
EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE COAST FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN 
POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY THIS AFTERNOON, THEN INTO EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 
ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND 
GUSTS, HEAVY RAIN, AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS FOR THIS AFTERNOON, KEEP AN EYE TO THE 
SKY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA 
OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER 
THREAT.


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JJM


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