[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 3/17/2010 5:19:25 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 AM EDT WED MAR 17 2010

...MINIMUM HAIL SIZE CRITERION CHANGED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS...

BACK IN EARLY JANUARY 2010, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OPERATIONALLY CHANGED THE MINIMUM HAIL SIZE CRITERION USED TO ISSUE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING /SVR/ AND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT /SVS/ 
PRODUCTS FROM 3/4-INCH /PENNY SIZE/ DIAMETER OR LARGER TO 1.00-INCH
/QUARTER SIZE/ DIAMETER OR LARGER.

NO CHANGE IS BEING MADE TO THE SVR AND SVS PRODUCTS WIND CRITERION 
OF WIND GUSTS EQUAL TO OR IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS /58 MPH/.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOUNT HOLLY, NEW 
JERSEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA, TO 
HELP GET THE MESSAGE OUT REGARDING THIS CHANGE. HAIL LESS THAN
QUARTER SIZE WILL TYPICALLY BE HANDLED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS /SPS/.

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CHANGE, VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB 
SITE /IN ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS/.

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ONEINCHHAIL

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