[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/16/2011 6:03:58 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-017-021-PAZ060-067-070-
170000-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND-BERKS-
CHESTER-DELAWARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...MILLVILLE...READING...
WEST CHESTER...MEDIA
602 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE DELMARVA AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING
EAST...

RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT WERE DROPPING OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN
HOUR. SOME RESULTING POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WERE GENERATING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WERE OCCURRING BOTH IN AND
OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS, PLEASE DO NOT TRY
TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND HEAR THUNDER,
PLEASE MOVE INDOORS. 

$$

NJZ001-007>010-012>015-018>020-022>027-PAZ054-055-061-062-068-069-
071-170000-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JACKSON...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...
ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...PHILADELPHIA
602 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE DELMARVA AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING
EAST...

RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT WERE DROPPING OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN
HOUR. SOME RESULTING POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WERE GENERATING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WERE OCCURRING BOTH IN AND
OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS
THEY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHERN, CENTRAL AND
COASTAL NEW JERSEY, A FEW MAY PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS, PLEASE DO NOT TRY
TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND HEAR THUNDER,
PLEASE MOVE INDOORS. 

$$

MPD

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