[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/4/2006 9:26:29 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
926 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-017-021-PAZ060-061-
067>071-050400-
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND-BERKS-
LEHIGH-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...MILLVILLE...READING...
ALLENTOWN...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
926 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO ADVANCE FROM THE WEST...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS, THE STRONGEST OF WHICH WERE CAPABLE OF
GENERATING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH, WERE LOCATED FROM JUST
SOUTHWEST OF LANCASTER TO JUST WEST OF ABERDEEN TO THE CENTRAL
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AT 920 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST,
AND THEY WILL CROSS THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND MOVE INTO BERKS
AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BY AROUND 1000 PM.
THE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS DELAWARE AND INTO THE
PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA AND SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY BY AROUND
1100 PM.

THE STORMS ALSO WERE GENERATING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER.
ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE THEY WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AS THEY MOVE
EAST, THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES
OVER NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND.

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MPD


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