[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : OKX@ 8/4/2007 1:45:51 AM

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NJZ005-006-011-NYZ072-040630-
ESSEX-HUDSON-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-UNION-
145 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ESSEX...HUDSON...SOUTHERN NEW
YORK AND UNION COUNTIES...

AT 140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLOOMFIELD TO
MILLBURN TO WATCHUNG...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLOOMFIELD TO
MILLBURN TO NORTH PLAINFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR UNION BY 155 AM.
  NEAR NEWARK BY 200 AM.
  NEAR SECAUCUS BY 205 AM.
  NEAR UNION CITY BY 210 AM.
  NEAR HOBOKEN BY 215 AM.
  NEAR MIDTOWN MANHATTAN BY 220 AM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY 
RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...IS 
OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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