[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 5/3/2011 5:57:23 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
557 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

PAZ054-055-060>062-032330-
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
557 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COUNTIES
OF THE KEYSTONE STATE.

THE EASTERN EXTENT OF THE WATCH INCLUDES BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...
CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES. SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES IN THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE WATCH ARE ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHAM... EASTON...READING
AND STROUDSBERG.

AT 555 PM...A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WAS ALIGNED FROM NEAR BINGHAMTON NEW YORK TO WILLIAMSPORT
PENNSYLVANIA TO NEAR FULTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST WITH ONLY A VERY SLOW
EASTWARD DRIFT TO THE ENTIRE BAND.

THE EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE POCONOS IS PROJECTED
SOMETIME BETWEEN 745 PM AND 945 PM.
 

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