[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/6/2006 11:44:07 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1143 AM EDT FRI OCT 6 2006

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ023-024-062200-
KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY
1143 AM EDT FRI OCT 6 2006

...GUSTY WINDS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED...

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE, OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA AND NEW ENGLAND,
ALONG WITH LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST, WILL
BOTH CONTINUE TO CREATE A STRONG ONSHORE WIND THIS AFTERNOON,
TONIGHT, AND INTO SATURDAY.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT. ALONG THE COAST, WHERE A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT, WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AWAY FROM THE
WATER, WINDS WILL GUST CLOSER TO 35 MPH.

THE SAME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HELPING TO PRODUCE THE WINDS IS ALSO 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAINFALL, WHICH HAS BEEN PERSISTENT. 1 TO 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA, AND ANOTHER
INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT. THIS IS LIKELY TO CAUSE
SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CREATE PONDING OF WATER
ON SOME ROADWAYS. IF TRAVELING, LEAVE EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND
THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU TO ALLOW MORE ROOM FOR BRAKING. DO NOT
DRIVE ACROSS A ROAD WHICH IS COVERED BY WATER.

THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE GUSTY WINDS AND THE RAINFALL COULD
ALSO KNOCK DOWN SOME SHALLOW ROOTED TREES, CAUSING SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES. THIS IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR CLOSER TO THE COAST WHERE
THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST.

$$

GORSE