[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/1/2011 1:36:08 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
135 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-069-012030-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-
MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
135 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG AND BECOMING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...HUNTERDON...LEHIGH...MONROE...MORRIS...
NORTHAMPTON...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES DURING THE 
MIDDLE AND LATE AFTERNOON...

AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCRANTON TO 34 
MILES NORTHWEST OF SCRANTON TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILKES-BARRE TO 
41 MILES WEST OF WILKES-BARRE TO 51 MILES WEST OF WILKES-BARRE TO 80 
MILES WEST OF WILKES-BARRE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BLAKESLEE...WHITE HAVEN AROUND 245 
PM...TOBYHANNA...POCONO RACEWAY AROUND 300 PM...SCOTRUN...REEDERS 
AROUND 315 PM...STORMVILLE...SKYTOP AROUND 330 PM...SAYLORSBURG AND 
ROSSLAND AROUND 345 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE
ALSO MOVING INTO AN AIR MASS THAT IS MORE UNSTABLE AND A FEW HAVE 
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES. 

SEVERE OR NOT, EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT 
SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS 
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP PRECEDING THIS 
CLUSTER BEFORE 3 PM.


LAT...LON 4097 7455 4064 7454 4054 7504 4042 7590
      4054 7618 4059 7603 4064 7600 4074 7578
      4091 7600 4100 7575 4110 7577 4113 7564
      4123 7554 4126 7514 4116 7516 4109 7501
      4115 7491 4131 7480 4135 7469

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