[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 6/26/2010 8:27:02 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
826 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010

...3RD HIGHEST WIND GUST ON RECORD AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL 
AIRPORT...

AT 3:31 PM THURSDAY JUNE 24, 2010, A DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 
AN OFFICIAL MEASURED PEAK WIND GUST OF 75 MPH AT THE PHILADELPHIA 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN PENNSYLVANIA.

ACCORDING TO LOCAL RECORDS, THIS 75 MPH WIND GUST IS THE 3RD HIGHEST 
WIND GUST RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. BELOW IS A LISTING, BY RANK, OF 
THE HISTORIC PEAK WIND GUSTS FOR PHILADELPHIA.

  RANK                PEAK WIND GUST /MPH/ AND DATE
  ----                -----------------------------

   1                  94 MPH ON OCTOBER 15, 1954 /HURRICANE HAZEL/

   2                  88 MPH ON JULY 14, 1931

  *3                  75 MPH ON JUNE 24, 2010 /THUNDERSTORM/

   4                  71 MPH ON JUNE 1, 1998

   5                  69 MPH ON MAY 28, 2005 /THUNDERSTORM/

                      69 MPH ON MARCH 18, 1989 /THUNDERSTORM/

   6                  67 MPH ON MAY 8, 1984 /THUNDERSTORM/

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