[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Severe Weather Statement 18:01:17.0991

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WWUS51 KPHI 242300
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
600 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

DEC001-005-242315-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160224T2315Z/
KENT DE-SUSSEX DE-
600 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR EASTERN KENT AND NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 558 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BOWERS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTH AT
65 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
DELAWARE.

LAT...LON 3900 7548 3928 7542 3925 7540 3907 7541
      3899 7532 3891 7531 3880 7518 3878 7519
      3866 7526 3870 7544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 200DEG 56KT 3909 7536

$$

MWG


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