[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/13/2012 2:58:23 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
258 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-PAZ054-055-060>062-067-130915-
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...
EASTON...DENTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER
258 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012

...AN ARCTIC FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING
WITH A BURST OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...

AT 255 AM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS WERE TRACKING A NARROW LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH
GUSTY WINDS. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR WILLIAMSPORT TO LANCASTER
IN PENNSYLVANIA THEN SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE BALTIMORE METRO AREA.
THE LINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT
30 MPH.

AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE ALONG
WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. IN ADDITION, BRIEF
DOWNPOURS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THIS LINE WHICH MAY TEND TO REDUCE
THE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE WATER TO POND ON SOME ROADWAYS FOR A
TIME.

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