[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Weather Statement : PHI@ 5/18/2011 1:59:26 PM

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WWUS51 KPHI 181759
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
159 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

PAC101-181808-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110518T1830Z/
PHILADELPHIA PA-
159 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION ON DOPPLER RADAR HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE AREA, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

LAT...LON 4026 7537 4035 7518 4016 7503 4011 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 137DEG 27KT 4016 7511

$$

PAC017-091-181830-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110518T1830Z/
MONTGOMERY PA-BUCKS PA-
159 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BUCKS AND EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRYN ATHYN...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MAPLE GLEN AND SPRING HOUSE BY 205 PM EDT...
  MONTGOMERYVILLE...BRITTANY FARMS-HIGHLANDS...CHALFONT AND LANSDALE
  BY 215 PM EDT...
  FRICKS...HATFIELD AND KULPSVILLE BY 220 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 4026 7537 4035 7518 4016 7503 4011 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 137DEG 27KT 4016 7511

$$

GORSE