[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Weather Statement : PHI@ 6/22/2010 5:55:56 PM

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WWUS51 KPHI 222155
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
555 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

DEC003-MDC015-NJC033-PAC029-222230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-100622T2230Z/
CECIL MD-SALEM NJ-CHESTER PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
555 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL NEW CASTLE...SOUTHWESTERN CHESTER...WESTERN SALEM AND
NORTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTIES...

AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GLEN ROY...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWARK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
VERNON...OXFORD...CALVERT...LOMBARD...ZION...BLAKE...PLEASANT HILL...
FAIR HILL...KEMBLESVILLE...ANDORA...LADENBERG...CHERRY HILL...
APPLETON...GLEN WESTOVER...BARKSDALE...SAINT GEORGES...PORT PENN...
NORTH STAR...GLASGOW...BEAR...WOODSTOWN...SALEM...PENNSVILLE...
ELKTON...WILMINGTON MANOR...STANTON...PIKE CREEK...NEWPORT...NEW
CASTLE...ELSMERE...DELAWARE CITY AND BROOKSIDE

THE WARNING FOR SALEM COUNTY NEW JERSEY IS THE LEAST LIKELY PORTION 
TO VERIFY DUE TO A SOMEWHAT SLOWED MOTION SINCE THE WARNING ISSUANCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 7607 3986 7602 3966 7531 3944 7546
      3948 7556 3950 7557 3952 7554 3956 7553
      3958 7554 3958 7556 3951 7557 3950 7557
      3949 7558 3973 7612 3975 7612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 302DEG 22KT 3980 7607

$$

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