[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Thunderstorm Warning : PHI@ 8/9/2009 5:53:43 PM

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WUUS51 KPHI 092153
SVRPHI
DEC003-MDC015-PAC029-092315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0187.090809T2153Z-090809T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
553 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON...
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK...MIDDLETOWN...
  SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17
  MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKESBURG...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LANCASTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PARKESBURG AROUND 615 PM EDT...
  COCHRANVILLE AND HOMEVILLE AROUND 625 PM EDT...
  MOUNT VERNON AROUND 630 PM EDT...
  WEST GROVE AND OXFORD AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  BLAKE...LOMBARD AND LADENBERG AROUND 640 PM EDT...
  FAIR HILL AROUND 645 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES WERE KNOCKED DOWN WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX THROUGHOUT BERKS COUNTY. PLEASE TAKE THIS STORM SERIOUSLY.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING 
AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3976 7609 3987 7601 4011 7594 3993 7578
      3987 7562 3984 7559 3980 7542 3962 7560
      3959 7559 3960 7555 3946 7558 3939 7551
      3939 7552 3938 7605 3944 7600 3946 7602
      3953 7599 3954 7607 3962 7616 3972 7619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 333DEG 31KT 4013 7612

$$

TFG