[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/3/2009 12:07:10 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1206 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009

NJZ001-007>010-012>015-PAZ054-055-061-062-031730-
CARBON PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MERCER 
NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET 
NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1206 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL 
AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...

AT NOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR READING PENNSYLVANIA 
SOUTHEAST
THROUGH PHILADELPHIA...THEN FURTHER SOUTHEAST TO NEAR ATLANTIC CITY. 
THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL BE ENTERING THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY BY ABOUT 
1230 PM...BEFORE MOVING NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND NORTHERN 
NEW JERSEY BEFORE 100 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 
STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER 
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A 
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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FORECASTER:JJM