[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/2/2009 2:08:45 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
208 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

NJZ021>025-020830-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY
208 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH MOVING ACROSS CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY
COUNTIES AND TOWARD ATLANTIC COUNTY...

AT 200 AM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH OVER CAPE MAY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.
THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STRONG
WINDS WAS FROM NEAR MILLVILLE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO NEAR MIDDLE
TOWNSHIP AND AVALON IN CAPE MAY COUNTY. IT WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY BY 210 AM AND REACH THE ATLANTIC CITY
AREA BY 240 AM.

THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES
TO CAUSE TREES AND WIRES TO BE DOWNED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
DELMARVA EARLIER THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH
HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS. DOWNED TREES, DOWNED POWER
LINES AND POWER OUTAGES ALL ARE POSSIBLE. 

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