[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/16/2006 4:01:04 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 162100
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

PAZ054-170000-
CARBON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JIM THORPE
400 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH CARBON COUNTY 
PENNSYLVANIA ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN PART THROUGH 500 PM... 

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH CARBON COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR, ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS. ALTHOUGH
WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR
OR MORE, WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR COULD CAUSE TREE
LIMBS TO COME DOWN, AND EVEN SOME OF THE WEAKER, DISEASED, OR
SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES. THIS COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN BERKS COUNTY
BETWEEN 3:00 AND 4:00 PM.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGH THE RUSH HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING 
OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES FOR MOTORISTS. DRIVERS 
SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION UNTIL THESE SHOWERS AND FEW 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 7:00 PM.

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