[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/7/2006 2:50:40 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 071950
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007-008-013-014-016-020>027-
PAZ054-055-061-062-080400-
KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM
250 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES 
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.
THE RAIN WILL THEN TAPER OFF AND END LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR
EXTREME NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE POCONOS
IN PENNSYLVANIA. OVER EASTERN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND THE MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED.

THE RAIN IS A RESULT OF A MOISTURE LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER 
THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES 
NORTHEAST TO NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN NEW JERSEY 
BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RESULT WILL BE A DRENCHING RAIN THROUGHOUT 
THE REGION.

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN ANY AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS IN 
AREAS WHERE CULVERTS AND CATCH BASINS BECOME CLOGGED FROM FALLEN 
LEAVES. THESE FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY FOR 
MOTORISTS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE OCCURRING DURING 
THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. PLEASE GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO 
REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND TAKE LESS FLOOD PRONE ROADWAYS.

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