[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 7/2/2006 2:21:56 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
221 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-022200-
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
221 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

...STRONG STORMS ON THE WAY...

DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA AND APPROACHING LYCOMING COUNTY.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH AND A COUPLE OF NEW
STORMS ARE FORMING ALONG THE LEADING EDGE. GIVEN THE PRESENT
MOTION THE STORMS THEY WILL PASS NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE POCONOS
AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 400 PM AND 600 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN VERY PROFICIENT AND PRODUCING
LIGHTNING AND THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 800 CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES IN PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE PAST HOUR. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR
PLANS THIS AFTERNOON KEEP A WARY EYE TO THE SKY AND HEAD INDOORS
AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR
MASS IN PENNSYLVANIA IS JUST EAST OF THIS AREA, SO FURTHER
INTENSIFICATION OF THE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. EVEN WITHOUT GETTING
STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH THE
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

PRECEDING THIS AREA, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WIDELY SCATTERED AND WEAKER
SHOWERS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY BETWEEN NOW AND 4 PM.

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TFG

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