[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/3/2009 11:32:41 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1132 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2009

NJZ023-024-040430-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
1132 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAPE MAY COUNTY...

AT 1123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS DELAWARE BAY TOWARD AREAS AROUND 
LOWER AND MIDDLE TOWNSHIPS IN CAPE MAY COUNTY AND MORE ISOLATED 
STORMS MOVING INTO UPPER TOWNSHIP IN CAPE MAY COUNTY. THE AREA 
MOVING ACROSS THE BAY WILL REACH LAND BY AROUND 1145 PM AND MOVE 
ACROSS THE PENINSULA THROUGH 1215 AM...WHILE THE SMALLER AREA MOVING 
OVER UPPER TOWNSHIP WILL MOVE ACROSS DENNISVILLE AND WOODBINE TO 
NEAR OCEAN CITY BY 1215 AM. 

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO 
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 
STORMS...ESPECIALLY THE ONES HEADING FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 
TOWNSHIP AREAS. 

THESE STORMS ALSO WERE GENERATING SOME DANGEROUS CLOUD TO SURFACE 
LIGHTNING. ALWAYS MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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MPD