[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/2/2009 2:36:01 AM

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

NJZ018-019-022-025-027-020900-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-ATLANTIC-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY...WHARTON STATE FOREST
235 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH MOVING NORTH ACROSS ATLANTIC
COUNTY...

AT 230 AM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF
WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS ATLANTIC COUNTY AND
SPREADING INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE AREA WAS FROM AROUND CHESILHURST AND HAMMONTON TO NEAR ENGLISH
CREEK IN EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND INTO THE
ATLANTIC CITY AREA BY AROUND 240 PM, THEN INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY, INCLUDING AREAS FROM NEAR SHAMONG
TO NEW GRETNA, BY AROUND 300 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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